Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21869
Status	Alternative classification  synonym of Bismarck Sea (IHO Sea Area)
Name	Language Name Name source English Bismarck Sea 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	2° 29' 51" S (-2.49751°)
Longitude	146° 8' 38.4" E (146.144°)
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
Relations	Part of   Eastern Coral Triangle (Marine Province)   Has preferred alternative   Bismarck Sea (IHO Sea Area)   [view hierarchy]
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Species occurring in this area (85)	Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) Aciculites orientalis Dendy, 1905 Agelas braekmani Thomas, 1998 Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) Agelas mauritiana var. oxeata Lévi, 1961 accepted as Agelas oxeata Lévi, 1961 Agelas nakamurai Hoshino, 1985 Agelas semiglaber Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889) Amphimedon alata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Amphimedon conferta Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Amphimedon cristata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Amphimedon rudis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Amphimedon strongylata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Anomoianthella lamella Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1999 Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899) accepted as Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899 Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) Axinyssa flabelliformis (Keller, 1889) accepted as Echinodictyum flabelliforme (Keller, 1889) Axinyssa papuensis Thomas, 2002 Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) Callyspongia fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Caminus albus Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1797) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) Chelonaplysilla delicata Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1999 Cinachyrella albaobtusa (Lendenfeld, 1907) Clathria (Thalysias) vulpina (Lamarck, 1814) Corticium niger Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Diacarnus bismarckensis Kelly-Borges & Vacelet, 1995 Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) Dysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) accepted as Lamellodysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) Echinodictyum asperum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 Echinodictyum clathratum Dendy, 1905 Ernstia naturalis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015 accepted as Ernsta naturalis (Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015) Fasciospongia cavernosa (Schmidt, 1862) Gelliodes fibulata (Carter, 1881) Halichondria syringea Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) syringea Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Haliclona cribricutis (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cribricutis (Dendy, 1922) Heteronema erecta Keller, 1889 accepted as Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) Higginsia mixta (Hentschel, 1912) Higginsia palmata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Hymeniacidon flaccida Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Ianthella basta (Pallas, 1766) Ianthella flabelliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) Ianthella reticulata Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1995 Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875) Jaspis laingi Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Leiodermatium colini Kelly, 2007 Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899 Mycale (Aegogropila) pachysigmata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Mycale (Aegogropila) peculiaris Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 accepted as Mycale (Naviculina) cleistochela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 Myrmekioderma pacificum Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Petrosia nigricans Lindgren, 1897 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) nigricans Lindgren, 1897 Petrosia seriata Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Neopetrosia seriata (Hentschel, 1912) Petrosia spheroida Tanita, 1967 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) spheroida Tanita, 1967 Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) Phakettia conulosa (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Stylissa conulosa (Dendy, 1922) Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) Pipestela candelabra Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008 Plakortis lita de Laubenfels, 1954 Prostylissa foetida (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Amorphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889) Psammaplysilla purpurea (Carter, 1880) accepted as Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880) Rhabderemia sorokinae Hooper, 1990 Sigmosceptrella laevis (Lindgren, 1897) accepted as Diacarnus laevis (Lindgren, 1897) Spirastrella vagabunda Ridley, 1884 accepted as Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884) Spongia officinalis var. ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905) Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 Strongylophora durissima Dendy, 1905 accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) durissima (Dendy, 1905) Strongylophora septata Thomas, 1991 accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) septata (Thomas, 1991) Terpios hoshinota Rützler & Muzik, 1993 Tethya boeroi Sarà, 1992 Tethya densa Sarà, 1992 Tethya microstella Sarà, 1990 Tethya pulchra Sarà, 1992 Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873) Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881) Tethya viridis (Baer, 1906) Tetrapocillon minor Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 Theonella mirabilis (de Laubenfels, 1954) Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 Thorectaxia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1999 Topsentia maculosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 accepted as Amorphinopsis maculosa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1996) Topsentia plurisclera Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Xestospongia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900) accepted as Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) Xestospongia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996 Zaplethea digonoxea diastra Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 accepted as Jaspis diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965)
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