Species Detail - Golf Ball Sponge (Tethya aurantium) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Tethya aurantium
Golf Ball Sponge
NBNSYS0000178323 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
teaur
(Pallas, 1766)
Sponge (Porifera)
Species
2
2
2
06/06/2005
21/08/2005
1 June (recorded in 2009)
6 September (recorded in 1985)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Golf Ball Sponge (Tethya aurantium), accessed 05 March 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/132049

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)