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Sponge

Desmacidon fruticosum

52Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May12
Jun9
Jul2
Aug7
Sep17
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

About this species

Records since 2000
52
Peak month
September
Scientific name
Desmacidon fruticosum
Group
Sponges
NBN Atlas records since 2000
49
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Poecilosclerida
Family
Desmacididae
Genus
Desmacidon
Name with authority
Desmacidon fruticosum (Montagu, 1814)
Described
1814

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1878652 · GBIF 2244476