Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21835
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Maldives 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	4° 57' 58.2" N (4.96617°)
Longitude	72° 40' 47.6" E (72.6799°)
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   Central Indian Ocean Islands (Marine Province)
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Species occurring in this area (100)	Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) Acarnus bicladotylotus Hoshino, 1981 Adocia fibulatus var. microsigma (Dendy, 1916) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) Adocia sagittarius (Sollas, 1902) accepted as Oceanapia sagittaria (Sollas, 1902) Adocia tufoides (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) tufoides (Dendy, 1922) Agelas ceylonica Dendy, 1905 Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) Aka maldiviensis Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000 accepted as Siphonodictyon maldiviense (Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000) Arturia sueziana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) Auletta aurantiaca Dendy, 1889 Aurora globostellata (Carter, 1883) accepted as Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) Aurora rowi Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) Axinella donnani (Bowerbank, 1873) Axinella manus Dendy, 1905 Axinella tenuidigitata Dendy, 1905 Biemna annexa (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Desmacella annexa Schmidt, 1870 Biemna ehrenbergi (Keller, 1889) Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) Borojevia tubulata Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Callyspongia crassifibra (Dendy, 1889) Callyspongia diffusa (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884) Ceraochalina retiarmata Dendy, 1905 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884) Chondrilla sacciformis Carter, 1879 Ciocalypta digitata (Dendy, 1905) Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1862 Ciocalypta polymastia (Lendenfeld, 1888) Clathria (Clathria) indica Dendy, 1889 Clathria (Thalysias) vulpina (Lamarck, 1814) Clathria reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880 Clathrina repens Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Cliona celata Grant, 1826 Cliona dichotoma Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000 accepted as Cliothosa dichotoma (Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000) Cliona nodulosa Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000 Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 accepted as Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849) Cornulum vesiculatum (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Coelocarteria singaporensis (Carter, 1883) Damiriana schmidti (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) schmidti (Ridley, 1884) Damirina laccadivensis Thomas, 1989 accepted as Zyzzya fuliginosa (Carter, 1879) Darwinella gardineri Topsent, 1905 Dendrilla cactos (Selenka, 1867) Dercitopsis minor Dendy, 1916 accepted as Plakinastrella minor (Dendy, 1916) Dictyaulus elegans Schulze, 1896 Diplastrella gardineri Topsent, 1918 Dragmacidon agariciforme (Dendy, 1905) Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) Dysidea granulosa Bergquist, 1965 Dysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) accepted as Lamellodysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) Echinodictyum longistylum Thomas, 1968 Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Ecionemia thielei Thomas, 1986 Ectyodoryx coralliophila Burton, 1959 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) coralliophila (Burton, 1959) Euplectella simplex Schulze, 1896 Farrea occa erecta Ijima, 1927 Farrea spirifera Ijima, 1927 Fasciospongia anomala (Dendy, 1905) Geodia areolata Carter, 1880 Geodia lindgreni (Lendenfeld, 1903) Geodia sphaeroides (Kieschnick, 1896) Haliclona (Gellius) cymaeformis (Esper, 1806) Haliclona exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900) accepted as Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) Haliclona expansa (Thiele, 1903) accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) expansa (Thiele, 1903) Haliclona flagellifer (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Haliclona irregularis (Kirkpatrick, 1900) accepted as Haliclona kirkpatricki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 Haliclona tenuiramosa (Burton, 1930) Hamacantha mindanaensis Wilson, 1925 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) mindanaensis Wilson, 1925 Hamacantha simplex Burton, 1959 accepted as Hamacantha (Hamacantha) simplex Burton, 1959 Heteronema erecta Keller, 1889 accepted as Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) Holascus fibulatus Schulze, 1886 Hyalonema alcocki Schulze, 1895 accepted as Hyalonema (Paradisconema) alcocki Schulze, 1895 Hyalonema indicum laccadivense Schulze, 1895 accepted as Hyalonema (Coscinonema) indicum indicum Schulze, 1895 Hyalonema solutum Schulze, 1904 accepted as Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) solutum Schulze, 1904 Hyalonema urna Schulze, 1904 accepted as Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) urna Schulze, 1904 Hyattella cribriformis (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt, 1875) Hyattella intestinalis (Lamarck, 1814) Hyattella macrophylla Varsha, Joshi & Jasmine, 2020 Hyattella tubaria Lendenfeld, 1889 Hymedesmia crelloides Burton & Rao, 1932 accepted as Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) crelloides Burton & Rao, 1932 Hymeniacidon petrosioides Dendy, 1905 Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) Hyrtios reticulatus (Thiele, 1899) Ircinia vallata (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Psammocinia vesiculifera (Poléjaeff, 1884) Jaspis penetrans (Carter, 1880) Laxosuberites cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Terpios cruciatus (Dendy, 1905) Laxosuberites longispiculus Burton, 1959 accepted as Protosuberites longispiculus (Burton, 1959) Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913 Leucetta pyriformis Dendy, 1913 Leuclathrina translucida Voigt, Ruthensteiner, Leiva, Fradusco & Wörheide, 2018 Lophacanthus rhabdophorus Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Desmanthus rhabdophorus (Hentschel, 1912) Luffariella herdmani (Dendy, 1905) Microciona aceratoobtusa Carter, 1887 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa (Carter, 1887) Microciona rhopalophora (Hentschel, 1912) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) rhopalophora (Hentschel, 1912) Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii (Bowerbank, 1875) Mycale grandis Gray, 1867 accepted as Mycale (Mycale) grandis Gray, 1867 Myrmekioderma granulata (Esper, 1829) accepted as Myrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1829) Myxilla arenaria Dendy, 1905 accepted as Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) arenaria Dendy, 1905 Oceanapia elastica (Keller, 1891) Oceanapia putridosa (Lamarck, 1815) Ophlitaspongia rimosa (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Echinoclathria rimosa (Ridley, 1884) Orina sagittaria (Sollas, 1902) accepted as Oceanapia sagittaria (Sollas, 1902) Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868 Pachychalina multiformis var. manaarensis Dendy, 1889 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884)
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