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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21981
Status Alternative classification Alternative classification, try to use a different MRGID
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Language Name Name source
EnglishWestern CaribbeanSpalding, M. D. Fox, H. E. Allen, G. R. Davidson, N. Ferdana, Z. A. Finlayson, M. Halpern, B. S. Jorge, M. A. Lombana, A. Lourie, S. A., (2007). Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas. Bioscience 2007, VOL 57; numb 7, pages 573-584. doi: 10.1641/B570707   
PlaceType Marine Ecoregion of the World (MEOW) 
Latitude 17° 50' 15.7" N (17.8377°)  
Longitude 86° 55' 6.2" W (-86.9184°)  
Source Spalding, M. D. Fox, H. E. Allen, G. R. Davidson, N. Ferdana, Z. A. Finlayson, M. Halpern, B. S. Jorge, M. A. Lombana, A. Lourie, S. A., (2007). Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas. Bioscience 2007, VOL 57; numb 7, pages 573-584. doi: 10.1641/B570707, available online at https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/marine-ecoregions-of-the-world-a-bioregionalization-of-coastal-and-shelf-areas
Relation 
Part of  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (Marine Province) 
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Species
occurring
in this area (100)
Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889)
Aaptos pernucleata (Carter, 1870)
Acarnus nicoleae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965)
Agelas citrina Gotera & Alcolado, 1987
Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)
Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870)
Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)
Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902
Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Agelas wiedenmayeri Alcolado, 1984
Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875)
Aka brevitubulata (Pang, 1973) accepted as Siphonodictyon brevitubulatum Pang, 1973
Aka ruetzleri Calcinai, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2007 accepted as Siphonodictyon ruetzleri (Calcinai, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2007)
Aka siphona (de Laubenfels, 1949) accepted as Siphonodictyon siphonum (de Laubenfels, 1949)
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936)
Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Aplysina fistularis f. fulva (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Aplysina fistularis f. insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Aplysina ocracea Alcolado, 1984
Aplysina sciophila Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
Artemisina melana van Soest, 1984
Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984
Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Biemna demuthi Lehnert, 1993 accepted as Rhabderemia minutula (Carter, 1880)
Biemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905)
Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Callyspongia vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Calyx maya Gómez & Calderón-Gutiérrez, 2020
Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Ceratoporella nicholsoni (Hickson, 1911)
Chalinula pseudomolibta (de Weerdt, Rützler & Smith, 1991) accepted as Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949)
Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911)
Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007
Chondrilla caribensis f. caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 accepted as Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007
Chondrilla caribensis f. hermatypica Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 accepted as Chondrilla caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007
Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862
Chondrosia collectrix (Schmidt, 1870)
Cinachyrella apion (Uliczka, 1929)
Cinachyrella kuekenthali (Uliczka, 1929)
Clathria (Microciona) bulbotoxa van Soest, 1984
Clathria (Microciona) campecheae Hooper, 1996
Clathria (Microciona) echinata (Alcolado, 1984)
Clathria (Thalysias) curacaoensis Arndt, 1927
Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984)
Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (sensu Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806)
Clathria affinis (Carter, 1880) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) affinis (Carter, 1880)
Clathria echinata (Alcolado, 1984) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) echinata (Alcolado, 1984)
Clathria microchela (Stephens, 1916) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) microchela (Stephens, 1916)
Clathria schoenus (de Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) curacaoensis Arndt, 1927
Clathria spinosa (Wilson, 1902) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) spinosa (Wilson, 1902)
Clathria venosa (Alcolado, 1984) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) venosa (Alcolado, 1984)
Clathria virgultosa (sensu Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806)
Clathrina hondurensis Klautau & Valentine, 2003
Clathrina panis (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Ascaltis panis (Haeckel, 1870)
Cliona amplicavata Rützler, 1974
Cliona aprica Pang, 1973
Cliona caribbaea Carter, 1882
Cliona delitrix Pang, 1973 accepted as Cliothosa delitrix (Pang, 1973)
Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950)
Cliona flavifodina Rützler, 1974
Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881)
Cliona tenuis Zea & Weil, 2003
Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Coelosphaera raphidifera Hechtel, 1969 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) barbadensis Van Soest, 2017
Columnitis anomala Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996
Cornulum johnsoni (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Corticium quadripartitum Topsent, 1923
Cribrochalina vasculum (Lamarck, 1814)
Cryptosyringa membranophila Vacelet, 1979
Cystispongia superstes Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Lychnocystis superstes (Schmidt, 1880)
Darwinella rosacea Hechtel, 1965
Desmacella jania Verrill, 1907
Desmacella meliorata Wiedenmayer, 1977
Desmacella polysigmata van Soest, 1984
Desmanthus incrustans (Topsent, 1889)
Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882)
Diplastrella cozumella Gómez & Calderón-Gutiérrez, 2020
Diplastrella megastellata Hechtel, 1965
Discodermia adhaerens Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Dragmatyle topsenti Burton, 1954 accepted as Eurypon topsenti (Burton, 1954)
Dragmaxia undata Alvarez, van Soest & Rützler, 1998
Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936
Dysidea janiae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Ecionemia dominicana (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) accepted as Stellettinopsis megastylifera (Wintermann-Kilian & Kilian, 1984)
Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886
Eurypon laughlini Díaz, Alvarez & van Soest, 1987 accepted as Prosuberites laughlini (Díaz, Alvarez & van Soest, 1987)
Gastrophanella cavernicola Muricy & Minervino, 2000
Gastrophanella implexa Schmidt, 1879
Geodia (Geodia) gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815
Edit history Last edited on 2009-05-20 15:39:48 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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