Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/22032
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English East African Coral Coast 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	8° 27' 39.7" S (-8.46103°)
Longitude	39° 33' 31" E (39.5586°)
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   Western Indian Ocean (Marine Province)
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Species occurring in this area (100)	Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) Acanthostylotella cornuta (Topsent, 1897) Acarnus ternatus Ridley, 1884 Aciculites tulearensis Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 Adocia atra Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) atra (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) Adocia digitata (Baer, 1906) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) leopoldi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 Adocia fistulosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) gustavopulitzeri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 Agelas sansibarica Perino & Pronzato, 2016 Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889) Amorphinopsis megalorrhaphis (Carter, 1881) accepted as Topsentia megalorrhapis (Carter, 1881) Amphimedon navalis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Amphimedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Amphimedon spinosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Ancorina acervus (Bowerbank, 1862) accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Ancorina bacillifera (Carter, 1887) accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Ancorina simplex Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 Aplysina primitiva Burton, 1959 Aplysinopsis reticulata Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912) Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) Aulospongus involutus (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Aurora globostellata (Carter, 1883) accepted as Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) Axinella conulosa (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Stylissa conulosa (Dendy, 1922) Axinella durissima (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Dragmacidon durissimum (Dendy, 1905) Axinella flabelloreticulata Burton, 1959 Axinella massalis Burton, 1959 Axinella ventilabrum Burton, 1959 Axinyssa aplysinoides (Dendy, 1922) Axinyssa topsenti Lendenfeld, 1897 Biemna bihamigera (Dendy, 1922) Biemna fistulosa (Topsent, 1897) Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) Biemna microstrongyla (Hentschel, 1912) Biemna trirhaphis (Topsent, 1897) Bubaris conulosa Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 Callyspongia abnormis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Callyspongia (Euplacella) abnormis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Callyspongia confoederata (sensu Ridley, 1884) Callyspongia contorta Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Callyspongia diffusa (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884) Callyspongia fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Callyspongia hirta Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Callyspongia perforata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Callyspongia reticulata (Keller, 1889) Callyspongia subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) Callyspongia vincentina Wiedenmayer in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 Callyspongia violacea Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Calthropella digitata Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Stelletta digitata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) Calyx infundibulum Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Calyx nyaliensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1797) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) Carteriospongia radiata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Strepsichordaia radiata (Hyatt, 1877) Carteriospongia radiata var. radiata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Strepsichordaia radiata (Hyatt, 1877) Carterispongia mantelli (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) Chelotropella sphaerica Lendenfeld, 1907 Chondrilla nuda Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Chondrilla mixta Schulze, 1877 Chondrilla sacciformis Carter, 1879 Cinachyra lacerata Bösraug, 1913 accepted as Cinachyrella lacerata (Bösraug, 1913) Cinachyra voeltzkowi var. lacerata Bösraug, 1913 accepted as Cinachyrella lacerata (Bösraug, 1913) Cinachyra voeltzkowi var. typica Bösraug, 1913 accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869) Cladocroce tubulosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Cladorhiza nematophora Lévi, 1964 Clathria (Microciona) richmondi Hooper, Kelly & Kennedy, 2000 Clathrina darwinii (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Arturia darwinii (Haeckel, 1870) Clathrina primordialis (Haeckel, 1872) Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888) Coelosphaera navicelligera (Ridley, 1885) accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) navicelligera (Ridley, 1885) Collocalypta digitata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Ciocalypta digitata (Dendy, 1905) Coppatias sansibarensis Baer, 1906 accepted as Jaspis sansibarensis (Baer, 1906) Corallistes bowerbankii (Johnson, 1863) accepted as Neoschrammeniella bowerbankii (Johnson, 1863) Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) Crella shimonii Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Cydonium pleiades Sollas, 1888 accepted as Geodia pleiades (Sollas, 1888) Damiriana schmidti (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) schmidti (Ridley, 1884) Damirina verticillata Burton, 1959 accepted as Zyzzya fuliginosa (Carter, 1879) Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy, 1905 accepted as Plakinastrella ceylonica (Dendy, 1905) Desmacella annexa Schmidt, 1870 Desmacella humilis (Thiele, 1903) accepted as Mycale (Kerasemna) humilis (Thiele, 1903) Desmacidon rimosa Ridley, 1884 accepted as Echinoclathria rimosa (Ridley, 1884) Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882) Diplastrella gardineri Topsent, 1918 Discodermia discifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905 Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903 Donatia parvistella Baer, 1906 accepted as Tethya parvistella (Baer, 1906) Dysidea cinerea Keller, 1889 Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) Dysidea gumminea Ridley, 1884 Dysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) accepted as Lamellodysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) Ecionemia laviniensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Stellettinopsis laviniensis (Dendy, 1905) Erylus globulifer Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Erylus lendenfeldi Sollas, 1888 Euplectella aspergillum Owen, 1841 Euplectella simplex Schulze, 1896 Euplectella suberea Thomson, 1876 Euspongia hospes Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hospes (Lendenfeld, 1889) Fangophilina hirsuta Lendenfeld, 1907 Fangophilina submersa Schmidt, 1880
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