Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21773
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Western Indian Ocean 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 Province
Latitude	14° 42' 36" S (-14.71°)
Longitude	47° 10' 5.2" E (47.1681°)
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 Indo-Pacific (Realm)
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Species occurring in any subarea of Western Indian Ocean (100)	Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) Acanthacarnus souriei Lévi, 1952 accepted as Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952) Acanthancora stylifera Burton, 1959 Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) monstraster (Tabachnick, 1994) Acanthascus monstraster (Tabachnick, 1994) accepted as Rhabdocalyptus monstraster Tabachnick, 1994 Acanthella aurantiaca Keller, 1889 accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) Acanthella carteri Dendy, 1889 accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922 Acanthella elongata (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Auletta elongata Dendy, 1905 Acanthella klethra Pulitzer-Finali, 1982 Acanthella pulcherrima var. calyx Dendy, 1922 accepted as Acanthella calyx Dendy, 1922 Acanthocinachyra enigmatica Lévi, 1964 accepted as Acanthotetilla enigmatica (Lévi, 1964) Acanthocinachyra seychellensis Thomas, 1973 accepted as Acanthotetilla seychellensis (Thomas, 1973) Acanthostylotella cornuta (Topsent, 1897) Acanthotriaena crypta Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 Acanthoxifer fourmanoiri Lévi, 1956 accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1829) Acarnus bergquistae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991 Acarnus ternatus Ridley, 1884 Acarnus topsenti Dendy, 1922 Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892 Acarnus wolffgangi Keller, 1889 Acervochalina finitima (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Chalinula finitima (Schmidt, 1870) Aciculites spinosa Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 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 Adocia fragilis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 accepted as Haliclona fragilis (Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976) Agelas bispiculata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976 Agelas ceylonica Dendy, 1905 Agelas marmarica Lévi, 1958 Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) Agelas mauritiana var. oxeata sensu Lévi, 1961 accepted as Agelas oxeata Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019 Agelas oxeata sensu Lévi, 1961 Agelas sansibarica Perino & Pronzato, 2016 Aka minuta Thomas, 1972 accepted as Siphonodictyon minutum (Thomas, 1972) Alcyoncellum corbicula Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Heterotella corbicula (Bowerbank, 1862) Alectona primitiva Topsent, 1932 Alemo seychellensis Wright, 1881 accepted as Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881) Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889) Amorphinopsis megalorrhaphis (Carter, 1881) accepted as Topsentia megalorrhapis (Carter, 1881) Amphibleptula herdmani (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Microscleroderma herdmani (Dendy, 1905) Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) Amphimedon navalis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Amphimedon palmata Calcinai & Belfiore, 2020 Amphimedon rubida Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Amphimedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Amphimedon spinosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Amphoriscus semoni Breitfuss, 1896 Anchinoe clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Phorbas clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) Ancorina acervus (Bowerbank, 1862) accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Ancorina bacillifera (Carter, 1887) accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Ancorina corticata Lévi, 1964 Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024 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 involvens (Schmidt, 1864) accepted as Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) Anthosigmella orientalis (Thiele, 1900) accepted as Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900 Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 Aphroceras seychellensis (Hôzawa, 1940) Aplysilla lacunosa Keller, 1889 Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878 Aplysina fusca Carter, 1880 accepted as Suberea fusca (Carter, 1880) Aplysina minuta Lendenfeld, 1889 Aplysina pallasi Ridley, 1884 accepted as Dictyodendrilla pallasi (Ridley, 1884) Aplysina primitiva Burton, 1959 Aplysinopsis reticulata Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912) Arturia adusta (Wörheide & Hooper, 1999) accepted as Janusya adusta (Wörheide & Hooper, 1999) Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877) Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900 Auletta elongata Dendy, 1905 Auletta lyrata var. brevispiculata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Auletta brevispiculata Dendy, 1905 Aulocalyx serialis Dendy, 1916 Aulospongus flabellum Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Aulospongus involutus (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Aulospongus tubulatus (Bowerbank, 1873) Aurora actinosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Rhabdastrella actinosa (Lévi, 1964) Aurora cribriporosa Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella cribriporosa (Dendy, 1916) Aurora globostellata (Carter, 1883) accepted as Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) Aurora oxytoxa Thomas, 1973 accepted as Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) Aurora providentiae Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) Aurora rowi Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) Axinella (Homaxinella) arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Axinella arborescens Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Axinella (Stylissa) donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) accepted as Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) Axinella agariciformis (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Dragmacidon agariciforme (Dendy, 1905) Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) Axinella conulosa (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Stylissa conulosa (Dendy, 1922) Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) Axinella durissima (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Dragmacidon durissimum (Dendy, 1905) Axinella flabelloreticulata Burton, 1959 Axinella massalis Burton, 1959 Axinella minor Thomas, 1981 Axinella proliferans Ridley, 1884 Axinella spiculifera (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Ptilocaulis spiculifer (Lamarck, 1814) Axinella tenuidigitata Dendy, 1905 Axinella tenuidigitata oxeata Thomas, 1979 Axinella ventilabrum Burton, 1959
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