Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21996
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Vanuatu 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	16° 28' 37.9" S (-16.4772°)
Longitude	169° 33' 18" E (169.555°)
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 (23)	Abyssocladia lakwollii Vacelet & Kelly, 2014 Amphius huxleyi Sollas, 1888 accepted as Neamphius huxleyi (Sollas, 1888) Aspidoscopulia bisymmetrica Tabachnick, Menshenina, Pisera & Ehrlich, 2011 Axinyssa aplysinoides (Dendy, 1922) Bolosoma meridionale Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 Bolosoma volsmarum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 Cacospongia intermedia Poléjaeff, 1884 Cacospongia spinifera Poléjaeff, 1884 accepted as Hyrtios spinifer (Poléjaeff, 1884) Crateromorpha (Aulochone) haliprum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 Hippospongia mauritiana (Hyatt, 1877) Luffaria variabilis Poléjaeff, 1884 accepted as Luffariella variabilis (Poléjaeff, 1884) Minchinella lamellosa Kirkpatrick, 1908 Neoaulocystis cristata Reiswig & Kelly, 2011 Pipestela candelabra Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008 Plakortis lita de Laubenfels, 1954 Plakortis quasiamphiaster Díaz & van Soest, 1994 Pleurochorium cornutum Ijima, 1927 Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) Saccocalyx pedunculatus Schulze, 1896 Skolosachlys enlutea Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023 Skolosachlys nidus Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023 Tedania (Tedania) strongylostyla Kennedy & Hooper, 2000 Thrombus challengeri Sollas, 1886
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