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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21978
Status Alternative classification Alternative classification, try to use a different MRGID
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Language Name Name source
EnglishEastern CaribbeanSpalding, 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° 16' 47.6" N (16.2799°)  
Longitude 61° 15' 42.5" W (-61.2618°)  
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 Northwestern Atlantic (Marine Province) 
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Species
occurring
in this area (100)
Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
Aaptos pernucleata (Carter, 1870)
Acamas laxissima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Acamas violacea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Hyrtios violaceus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Acanthacarnus radovani Boury-Esnault, 1973 accepted as Acarnus radovani (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
Acanthella flagelliformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988)
Acanthella vaceleti van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
Acanthotetilla gorgonosclera van Soest, 1977
Acarnus (Acanthacarnus) souriei Lévi, 1952 accepted as Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952)
Acarnus deweerdtae van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991
Acarnus souriei (Lévi, 1952)
Aciculites cribrophora (Schmidt, 1880)
Aciculites higginsii Schmidt, 1879
Adocia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814)
Agelas albolutea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Cribrochalina vasculum (Lamarck, 1814)
Agelas cerebrum Assmann, van Soest & Köck, 2001
Agelas citrina Gotera & Alcolado, 1987
Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)
Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870)
Agelas dilatata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Agelas flabelliformis (Carter, 1883)
Agelas rudis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)
Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902
Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875)
Aka xamaycaensis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) accepted as Siphonodictyon xamaycaensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Amorphina terebrans Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Siphonodictyon terebrans (Schmidt, 1870)
Amphimedon arborescens (Lamarck, 1814) sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Amphimedon arborescens var. ensiformis Duchassing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Amphimedon caribica (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
Amphimedon complanata (Duchassaing, 1850)
Amphimedon compressa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Amphimedon erina (de Laubenfels, 1936)
Amphimedon ferox Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Amphimedon leprosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Amphimedon nolitangere Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Neofibularia nolitangere (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Amphimedon variabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Dysidea variabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Amphimedon viridis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Ancorina individua Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Stelletta individua (Schmidt, 1870)
Antho barbadensis (van Soest, 1984) accepted as Antho (Antho) barbadensis (van Soest, 1984)
Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
Aphrocallistes bocagei Wright, 1870 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
Aplysina fenestrata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Smenospongia musicalis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Aplysina fistularis f. fulva (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Aplysina flagelliformis (Carter, 1886)
Aplysina flagelliformis var. anomala Wilson, 1902 accepted as Aplysina insularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Aplysina fulva (Pallas, 1766)
Aplysina hirsuta (Hyatt, 1875)
Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck, 1814)
Aplysina ocracea Alcolado, 1984
Arcesios hostilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Arcesios porosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Haliclona porosa (sensu Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Arcesios prominula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Arthuria hirsuta (Klautau & Valentine, 2003) accepted as Arturia hirsuta (Klautau & Valentine, 2003)
Arturia vansoesti Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
Asconema kentii Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Hyalonema (Coscinonema) kentii (Schmidt, 1880)
Aspiculophora madinina Ruiz, Muricy, Lage, Domingos, Chenesseau & Pérez, 2017
Aspiculophora papillata Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022
Aspiculortis garifuna Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022
Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879)
Asteropus syringifer van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
Asteropus vasiformis Hajdu & van Soest, 1992
Auletta sycinularia Schmidt, 1870
Aulocystis grayi (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Neoaulocystis grayi (Bowerbank, 1869)
Axinella corrugata (George & Wilson, 1919)
Axinella reticulata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Dragmacidon reticulatum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Azorica cribrophora Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Aciculites cribrophora (Schmidt, 1880)
Bidderia bicolora Lopes, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018
Biemna caribea Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Biemna oxeata van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 accepted as Biemna cribaria (Alcolado & Gotera, 1986)
Borojevia crystallina Fontana, Cóndor-Luján, Azevedo, Pérez & Klautau, 2018
Bubaris ammosclera Hechtel, 1969
Bubaris flagelliformis van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 accepted as Acanthella flagelliformis (van Soest & Stentoft, 1988)
Bubaris rugosa (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Ceratopsion rugosum (Schmidt, 1870)
Cacochalina rubiginosa Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Callyspongia rubiginosa (Schmidt, 1870)
Cacospongia spongeliformis Wilson, 1902 accepted as Hyrtios violaceus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Callyspongia (Spinosella) vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Callyspongia (Spinosella) vaginalis f. armigera Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) armigera (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Callyspongia bullata (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) bullata (Lamarck, 1814)
Callyspongia eschrichtii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) eschrichtii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Callyspongia fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Callyspongia inflata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Callyspongia pallida Hechtel, 1965 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pallida Hechtel, 1965
Callyspongia plicifera (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plicifera (Lamarck, 1814)
Callyspongia tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) tenerrima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Callyspongia vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Caminus sphaeroconia Sollas, 1886
Chalinopsilla pilosa Wilson, 1902 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) pilosa (Wilson, 1902)
Chalinopsis cervicornis Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870)
Chalinopsis conifera Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870)
Chalinula molitba (de Laubenfels, 1949)
Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868
Chalinula zeae de Weerdt, 2000
Edit history Last edited on 2009-05-20 15:39:48 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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