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Crater sponge

Hemimycale columella

6,234Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan170
Feb57
Mar199
Apr490
May1,337
Jun827
Jul794
Aug565
Sep1,490
Oct218
Nov54
Dec28

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales69
2Gwynedd Wales21
3Torbay England15
4Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
5Dorset England13
6Isle of Anglesey Wales13
7Cornwall England4
8Isles of Scilly England4
9Devon England2
10Isle of Wight England2
11Highland Scotland1
12Argyll and Bute Scotland1
13Orkney Islands Scotland1
4,736 England63 Scotland1,081 Wales248 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,234
Peak month
September
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Hemimycale columella
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,544
Most recorded in
Pembrokeshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Hymedesmiidae
Genus
Hemimycale
Name with authority
Hemimycale columella (Bowerbank, 1874)
Described
1874
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2211084 · GBIF 2241501