Encrusting yellow sponge

Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth8–99 m
Water temperature-2–26 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and August
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 66 records
February: 77 records
March: 70 records
April: 132 records
May: 377 records
June: 582 records
July: 840 records
August: 691 records
September: 349 records
October: 206 records
November: 135 records
December: 30 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 8–99 m · Deepest record: 532 m

0–10 m: 374 records
10–20 m: 714 records
20–30 m: 680 records
30–40 m: 126 records
40–50 m: 29 records
50–60 m: 43 records
60–70 m: 43 records
70–80 m: 62 records
80–90 m: 60 records
90–100 m: 88 records
100–110 m: 51 records
110+ m: 183 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–26 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 32 records
6–8 °C: 15 records
8–10 °C: 57 records
10–12 °C: 610 records
12–14 °C: 179 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 33 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Encrusting yellow sponge, Yellow lobed sponge, encrusting yellow sponge, rough scallop horny sponge, Rough scallop sponge, yellow lobed sponge

Names in 3 more languages

German: Grubenschwamm
French: éponge incrustée
Japanese: カワツキネンエキカイメン

Other scientific names: Amphilectus incrustans, Dendoryx incrustans, Halichondria batei, Halichondria candida, Halichondria incrustans, Halichondria irregularis, Halichondria robertsoni, Halichondria saburrata, Hastatus robertsoni, Isodictya rugosa, Isodictya tumulosa, Myxilla gigas, Myxilla incrustans

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
4,053 open-data records from 1877 to 2024.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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