Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21994
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Fiji Islands 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	18° 37' 3.4" S (-18.6176°)
Longitude	39° 45' 7.9" E (39.7522°)
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 Southwestern Pacific (Marine Province)
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Species occurring in this area (35)	Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900 Chondrilla australiensis Carter, 1873 Chondrocladia clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) clavata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Ecionemia densa Bowerbank, 1873 Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873) Halina plicata (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Dercitus (Stoeba) plicatus (Schmidt, 1868) Ianthella concentrica Hyatt, 1875 Isops contorta (Bowerbank, 1873) accepted as Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873) Isops imperfecta (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Geodia imperfecta Bowerbank, 1874 Kaliapsis cidaris Bowerbank, 1869 Leucandra bomba Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucomalthe bomba (Haeckel, 1872) Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913 Microciona eurypa (de Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) eurypa (de Laubenfels, 1954) Neosiphonia superstes Sollas, 1888 Pachymatisma contorta Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873) Phyllospongia bergquistae Abdul Wahab & Fromont, 2020 Placospongia carinata (Bowerbank, 1858) Plakortis communis Muricy, 2011 Plakortis lita de Laubenfels, 1954 Plakortis quasiamphiaster Díaz & van Soest, 1994 Pleroma turbinatum Sollas, 1888 Rhabdastrella dura Tendal, 1969 accepted as Geodia dura (Tendal, 1969) Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) Rubrafasciculus cerasus Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023 Rubrafasciculus fijiensis Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023 Spirastrella solida Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Spheciospongia solida (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Spirastrella vagabunda Ridley, 1884 accepted as Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884) Spongia mycofijiensis Kakou, Crews & Bakus, 1987 accepted as Cacospongia mycofijiensis (Kakou, Crews & Bakus, 1987) Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 Taegeria pulchra Schulze, 1886 accepted as Corbitella pulchra (Schulze, 1886) Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870 Timea stellata (Bowerbank, 1866) Zyzzya fuliginosa (Carter, 1879)
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