Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/22017
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Western India 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
PlaceType	Marine Ecoregion of the World (MEOW)
Latitude	20° 28' 25.7" N (20.4738°)
Longitude	71° 43' 8.4" E (71.719°)
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   West and South Indian Shelf (Marine Province)
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Species occurring in this area (100)	Acarnus bergquistae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991 Acarnus topsenti Dendy, 1922 Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892 Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) Antho tawiensis (Wilson, 1925) accepted as Megaciella tawiensis (Wilson, 1925) Aphrocallistes bocagei Wright, 1870 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) Auletta aurantiaca Dendy, 1889 Auletta elongata var. fruticosa Dendy, 1916 accepted as Auletta elongata Dendy, 1905 Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1794) Auletta lyrata var. glomerata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Auletta aurantiaca Dendy, 1889 Aulospongus tubulatus (Bowerbank, 1873) Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) Axinella manus Dendy, 1905 Axinella virgultosa Carter, 1887 accepted as Phakettia virgultosa (Carter, 1887) Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) Bubaris radiata Dendy, 1916 accepted as Phakellia radiata (Dendy, 1916) Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884) Callyspongia clathrata (Dendy, 1905) Callyspongia diffusa (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884) Chondrilla agglutinans Dendy, 1916 accepted as Chondrilla mixta Schulze, 1877 Chondrilla australiensis Carter, 1873 Chondropsis kirkii (Bowerbank, 1841) Cinachyra cavernosa (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Cinachyrella cavernosa (Lamarck, 1815) Ciocalypta dichotoma Dendy, 1916 accepted as Amorphinopsis dichotoma (Dendy, 1916) Ciocalypta tyleri Bowerbank, 1873 Clathria (Clathria) indica Dendy, 1889 Clathria (Thalysias) procera (Ridley, 1884) Clathria (Wilsonella) tuberosa (Bowerbank, 1875) Clathria corallitincta Dendy, 1889 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) vulpina (Lamarck, 1814) Clathria spiculosa (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) procera (Ridley, 1884) Cliona coronaria (Carter, 1882) accepted as Cliona varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Cliona thomasi Mote, Schönberg, Samaai, Gupta & Ingole, 2019 Cyamon hamatum van Soest, Carballo & Hooper, 2012 Damiriana schmidti (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) schmidti (Ridley, 1884) Darwinella australiensis Carter, 1885 Desmacella tubulata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Biemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905) Desmacidon minor Dendy, 1916 Donatia seychellensis (Wright, 1881) accepted as Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881) Dragmacidon agariciforme (Dendy, 1905) Echinodictyum gorgonioides Dendy, 1916 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) gorgonioides (Dendy, 1916) Esperella plumosa (Carter, 1882) accepted as Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii (Bowerbank, 1875) Euplectella aspera Schulze, 1896 Gelliodes fibrosa Dendy, 1905 Gelliodes incrustans Dendy, 1905 Gellius canaliculatus Dendy, 1905 accepted as Oceanapia sagittaria (Sollas, 1902) Gellius fibulatus var. microsigma Dendy, 1916 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) Gellius ridleyi Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) ridleyi (Hentschel, 1912) Geodia variospiculosa Thiele, 1898 Grantessa hastifera (Row, 1909) accepted as Sycettusa hastifera (Row, 1909) Grayella ridleyi (Topsent, 1890) accepted as Crella (Yvesia) ridleyi (Topsent, 1890) Guitarra indica Dendy, 1916 Halichondria panicea var. megalorraphis (Carter, 1881) accepted as Topsentia megalorrhapis (Carter, 1881) Halichondria reticulata Baer, 1906 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) tenuiramosa Dendy, 1922 Haliclona (Reniera) debilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Heteropia glomerosa (Bowerbank, 1873) Hippospongia clathrata (Carter, 1881) accepted as Hyattella intestinalis (Lamarck, 1814) Hyalonema weltneri Schulze, 1895 accepted as Hyalonema (Corynonema) weltneri Schulze, 1895 Hyattella tubaria Lendenfeld, 1889 Hyrtios reticulatus (Thiele, 1899) Iotrochota baculifera Ridley, 1884 Jaspis reptans (Dendy, 1905) Leucandra donnani var. tenuiradiata Dendy, 1916 accepted as Leucandra donnani Dendy, 1905 Leucandra dwarkaensis Dendy, 1916 Leucandra wasinensis (Jenkin, 1908) accepted as Leucandrilla wasinensis (Jenkin, 1908) Liosina paradoxa Thiele, 1899 Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916 accepted as Spongionella retiara (Dendy, 1916) Microciona aceratoobtusa Carter, 1887 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa (Carter, 1887) Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) coronata (Dendy, 1926) Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii (Bowerbank, 1875) Myriastra (Pilochrota) haeckeli (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 Myxilla arenaria Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905 Ophlitaspongia minor Burton, 1959 accepted as Echinoclathria minor (Burton, 1959) Phakellia donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) accepted as Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) Placospongia carinata (Bowerbank, 1858) Plocamia manaarensis (Carter, 1880) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880) Plocamilla manaarensis (Carter, 1880) accepted as Antho (Plocamia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880) Polymastia gemmipara Dendy, 1916 Psammochela elegans Dendy, 1916 Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880) Raspailia fruticosa var. tenuiramosa Dendy, 1905 accepted as Endectyon (Endectyon) fruticosum (Dendy, 1887) Reniera fibroreticulata Dendy, 1916 accepted as Gelliodes fibroreticulata (Dendy, 1916) Reniera hornelli Dendy, 1916 accepted as Haliclona hornelli (Dendy, 1916) Reniera permollis (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) Reniera semifibrosa Dendy, 1916 accepted as Haliclona semifibrosa (Dendy, 1916) Reniera topsenti Thiele, 1905 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) topsenti (Thiele, 1905) Sceptrospongia coronata Dendy, 1926 accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) coronata (Dendy, 1926) Sigmadocia petrosioides (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Gelliodes petrosioides Dendy, 1905 Siphonochalina crassifibra Dendy, 1889 accepted as Callyspongia crassifibra (Dendy, 1889) Siphonochalina minor Dendy, 1916 accepted as Haliclona pacifica Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgren, 1897 accepted as Cliothosa aurivillii (Lindgren, 1897) Spirastrella vagabunda Ridley, 1884 accepted as Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884) Spirastrella vagabunda var. tubulodigitata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884) Spongelia cinerea (Keller, 1889) accepted as Dysidea cinerea Keller, 1889 Spongelia elegans Nardo, 1847 accepted as Dysidea tupha (Pallas, 1766) Spongelia fragilis var. ramosa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862) Stelletta trichotriaena Dendy & Burton, 1926 Stylissa soestii George, 2022 Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842)
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