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Golf ball sponge

Tethya aurantium

636Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb10
Mar27
Apr47
May82
Jun79
Jul118
Aug122
Sep115
Oct18
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales9
2Pembrokeshire Wales8
3Isle of Anglesey Wales5
4Cornwall England3
5Devon England1
6Argyll and Bute Scotland1
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
8Plymouth England1
288 England8 Scotland262 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
636
Peak month
August
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Tethya aurantium
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
581
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tethyida
Family
Tethyidae
Genus
Tethya
Name with authority
Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2068479 · GBIF 5183451