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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1923
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAfrica(2001). The Times comprehensive atlas of the world. 10th ed. Times Books: London. ISBN 0-7230-0792-6. 67, 220, 124 plates pp. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Continent 
Latitude 1° 15' 33.1" N (1.259205°)  
Longitude 19° 4' 3.4" E (19.0676°)  
Precision 6088025 meter 
Min. Lat 34° 49' 19.2" S (-34.822°)  
Min. Long 25° 21' 38" W (-25.3606°)  
Max. Lat 37° 20' 25.5" N (37.3404°)  
Max. Long 63° 29' 44.7" E (63.4958°)  
Source (2001). The Times comprehensive atlas of the world. 10th ed. Times Books: London. ISBN 0-7230-0792-6. 67, 220, 124 plates pp. (look up in IMIS)
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Species
occurring
in this area (7)
Corvospongilla sodenia Brien, 1969
Corvospongilla zambesiana (Kirkpatrick, 1906)
Echinospongilla Manconi & Pronzato, 2002
Eunapius nitens (Carter, 1881)
Malawispongiidae
Oncosclera Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1970
Potamophloios Brien, 1969
Species
occurring
in any subarea
of Africa (100)
Aaptos Gray, 1867
Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
Aaptos alphiensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Acanthascus monstraster (Tabachnick, 1994) accepted as Rhabdocalyptus monstraster Tabachnick, 1994
Acanthella Schmidt, 1862
Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862
Acanthella klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982
Acarnus claudei van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
Acarnus innominatus Gray, 1867
Acarnus topsenti Dendy, 1922
Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892
Acervochalina limbata (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814)
Adocia atra Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) atra (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993)
Adocia simplicissima Burton, 1933 accepted as Haliclona simplicissima (Burton, 1933)
Adreus micraster (Burton, 1956)
Agelas ceylonica Dendy, 1905
Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864)
Agelas sansibarica Perino & Pronzato, 2016
Aka infesta (Johnson, 1889) accepted as Siphonodictyon infestum (Johnson, 1899)
Alcyonium junceum Lamarck, 1815
Amphibleptula herdmani (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Microscleroderma herdmani (Dendy, 1905)
Amphilectus papillatus Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Esperiopsis papillata (Vosmaer, 1880)
Amphius sollasi Burton & Rao, 1932 accepted as Jaspis sollasi (Burton & Rao, 1932)
Amphiute lepadiformis Borojevic, 1967
Amphoriscus kryptoraphis Urban, 1908
Anacanthaea nivea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma niveum (Row, 1911)
Anchinoe bardajii Uriz, 1988 accepted as Phorbas bardajii (Uriz, 1988)
Anchinoe clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Phorbas clathrodes (Dendy, 1922)
Anchinoe dayi Lévi, 1963 accepted as Phorbas dayi (Lévi, 1963)
Ancorina corticata Lévi, 1964
Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024
Ancorina ponderosa (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Stryphnus ponderosus (Bowerbank, 1866)
Ancorina progressa Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Stryphnus progressus (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Ancorina radix Marenzeller, 1889
Ancorina radix f. nanosclera Lévi, 1967 accepted as Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024
Ancorina simplex Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862
Antho (Acarnia) kellyae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Antho (Antho) atlantidae Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013
Antho (Plocamia) erecta (Ferrer Hernández, 1923)
Antho (Plocamia) hallezi (Topsent, 1904)
Antho coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Antho (Acarnia) coriacea (Bowerbank, 1874)
Antho involvens (Schmidt, 1864) accepted as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864)
Anthosigmella orientalis (Thiele, 1900) accepted as Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900
Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876)
Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878
Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833)
Aplysina caespitosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Dictyodendrilla caespitosa (Carter, 1886)
Aplysina capensis Carter, 1875
Aplysina minuta Lendenfeld, 1889
Artemisina Vosmaer, 1885
Artemisina incrustans Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013
Artemisina vulcani Lévi, 1963
Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877)
Ascandra arachnoides Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucosolenia arachnoides (Haeckel, 1872)
Ascandra cordata Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Ernsta cordata (Haeckel, 1872)
Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900
Aurora actinosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Rhabdastrella actinosa (Lévi, 1964)
Aurora primitiva Burton, 1926 accepted as Rhabdastrella primitiva (Burton, 1926)
Aurora spinosa Lévi, 1967 accepted as Rhabdastrella spinosa (Lévi, 1967)
Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794)
Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889)
Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)
Axinella flustra Topsent, 1892
Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862
Axinella pumila Keller, 1889 accepted as Higginsia pumila (Keller, 1889)
Axinella sanguinea Burton, 1933 accepted as Dragmacidon sanguineum (Burton, 1933)
Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794)
Axinella weltnerii (Lendenfeld, 1897)
Axinyssa digitata (Cabioch, 1968)
Axinyssa tethyoides Kirkpatrick, 1903
Axinyssa topsenti Lendenfeld, 1897
Axociella nervosa Lévi, 1963 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) nervosa (Lévi, 1963)
Axociella pachyaxia Lévi, 1960 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) pachyaxia (Lévi, 1960)
Batzella inops (Topsent, 1891)
Biemna Gray, 1867
Biemna anisotoxa Lévi, 1963
Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897)
Biemna megalosigma Hentschel, 1912
Biemna megalosigma sigmodragma Lévi, 1963
Biemna pedonculata Lévi, 1963
Biemna polyphylla Lévi, 1963
Biemna rhabdostyla Uriz, 1988
Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858)
Borojevia pirella Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Borojevia tubulata Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Bubaris reptans Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Protosuberites reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866)
Burtonanchora sigmatifera Lévi, 1963 accepted as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963)
Cacospongia cavernosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Fasciospongia cavernosa (Schmidt, 1862)
Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862
Cacospongia scalaris Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Scalarispongia scalaris (Schmidt, 1862)
Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fistulosa (Kirk, 1911)
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) tubulosa (Linnaeus, 1759)
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Callyspongia confoederata (sensu Ridley, 1884)
Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827)
Carmia macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Carmia toxifera (Dendy, 1896) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) toxifera (Dendy, 1896)
Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
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