Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1904
Status	Proposed standard
Name	Language Name Name source English Indian Ocean (1953). Limits of oceans and seas. 3rd edition. IHO Special Publication, 23. International Hydrographic Organization (IHO): Monaco. 38 pp. (look up in IMIS)
PlaceType	IHO Sea Area
Latitude	27° 16' 3.5" S (-27.26765°)
Longitude	79° 36' 8.7" E (79.60243°)
Min. Lat	60° 0' 0" S (-60°)
Min. Long	20° 0' 9.4" E (20.0026°)
Max. Lat	31° 11' 9.1" N (31.1859°)
Max. Long	146° 53' 53.6" E (146.8982°)
Source	(1953). Limits of oceans and seas. 3rd edition. IHO Special Publication, 23. International Hydrographic Organization (IHO): Monaco. 38 pp. (look up in IMIS)
Notes	Previous coordinates (en): Latitude: -32.72458; Longitude: 79.20859; minLong: 20.00262; minLat: -60; maxLat: 10.445; maxLong: 146.89822; precision: 6500633 meter (geometry updated 2020-01-22 to also reflect seas lying within IHO sea area)
Relation	Part of   World Oceans (World)   [view hierarchy]
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Species occurring in this area (22)	Cornulella purpurea (Hancock, 1849) Euspongia officinalis var. perforata Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889) Halichondria fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) Haliclona Grant, 1841 Hippospongia densa Lendenfeld, 1889 Hippospongia equina var. micropora Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Hippospongia micropora (Lendenfeld, 1889) Hyattella meander Lendenfeld, 1889 Hyattella micropora Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Hippospongia mollissima (Lendenfeld, 1889) Leucandra cladocora Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Aphroceras cladocora (Haeckel, 1872) Phyllospongia brassicata (Lamarck, 1814) Spongia brassicata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Phyllospongia brassicata (Lamarck, 1814) Spongia caudigera Lamarck, 1814 Spongia flabelliformis Linnaeus, 1759 accepted as Ianthella flabelliformis (Linnaeus, 1759) Spongia lichenoides Pallas, 1766 Spongia linteiformis Esper, 1797 Spongia membranosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Dendrilla membranosa (Pallas, 1766) Spongia pertusa Esper, 1794 accepted as Hyattella pertusa (Esper, 1794) Spongia sinuosa sensu Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Coscinoderma lamarcki de Laubenfels, 1936 Spongia striata Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Ianthella basta (Pallas, 1766) Tedania (Tedania) vulcani Lendenfeld, 1897 Tedania digitata var. vulcani Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Tedania (Tedania) vulcani Lendenfeld, 1897 Thorecta murrayella Lendenfeld, 1889
Species occurring in any subarea of Indian Ocean (100)	Aaptos Gray, 1867 Acanthella Schmidt, 1862 Acarnus topsenti Dendy, 1922 Adocia atra Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) atra (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) Agelas ceylonica Dendy, 1905 Agelas sansibarica Perino & Pronzato, 2016 Amphibleptula herdmani (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Microscleroderma herdmani (Dendy, 1905) Amphius sollasi Burton & Rao, 1932 accepted as Jaspis sollasi (Burton & Rao, 1932) Anacanthaea nivea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma niveum (Row, 1911) Anchinoe clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) accepted as Phorbas clathrodes (Dendy, 1922) Ancorina corticata Lévi, 1964 Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024 Ancorina ponderosa (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Stryphnus ponderosus (Bowerbank, 1866) Ancorina progressa Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Stryphnus progressus (Lendenfeld, 1907) Ancorina radix f. nanosclera Lévi, 1967 accepted as Ancorina nanosclera Van Soest, 2024 Ancorina simplex Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 Anthosigmella orientalis (Thiele, 1900) accepted as Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900 Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876) Aplysilla sulfurea Schulze, 1878 Aplysina caespitosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Dictyodendrilla caespitosa (Carter, 1886) Arenochalina arabica Keller, 1889 accepted as Arenosclera arabica (Keller, 1889) Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877) Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900 Aurora actinosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Rhabdastrella actinosa (Lévi, 1964) Aurora primitiva Burton, 1926 accepted as Rhabdastrella primitiva (Burton, 1926) Aurora spinosa Lévi, 1967 accepted as Rhabdastrella spinosa (Lévi, 1967) Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) accepted as Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889) Axinella erecta (Carter, 1876) accepted as Acanthella erecta (Carter, 1876) Axinella pumila Keller, 1889 accepted as Higginsia pumila (Keller, 1889) Axinella sanguinea Burton, 1933 accepted as Dragmacidon sanguineum (Burton, 1933) Axinella weltnerii (Lendenfeld, 1897) Axinyssa tethyoides Kirkpatrick, 1903 Axinyssa topsenti Lendenfeld, 1897 Axosuberites fauroti Topsent, 1893 accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) fauroti (Topsent, 1893) Biemna Gray, 1867 Biemna fortis (Topsent, 1897) Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) Borojevia pirella Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Borojevia tubulata Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Borojevia voigti Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Bubaris reptans Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Protosuberites reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Cacospongia cavernosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Fasciospongia cavernosa (Schmidt, 1862) Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fistulosa (Kirk, 1911) Callyspongia (Cladochalina) fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Callyspongia confoederata (sensu Ridley, 1884) Callyspongia spongionelloides Fishelson, 1971 Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) Ceraochalina gibbosa Keller, 1889 accepted as Echinoclathria gibbosa (Keller, 1889) Ceraochalina granulata Keller, 1889 accepted as Clathria granulata (Keller, 1889) Characella tuberosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Poecillastra tuberosa (Lévi, 1964) Chelotropella sphaerica Lendenfeld, 1907 Chondrilla australiensis Carter, 1873 Chrotella ibis Row, 1911 accepted as Cinachyrella ibis (Row, 1911) Cinachyra cavernosa (sensu Tsurnamal, 1969) accepted as Levantiniella levantinensis (Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007) Cinachyra eurystoma Keller, 1891 accepted as Cinachyrella eurystoma (Keller, 1891) Cinachyra lacerata Bösraug, 1913 accepted as Cinachyrella lacerata (Bösraug, 1913) Cinachyra trochiformis Keller, 1891 accepted as Cinachyrella trochiformis (Keller, 1891) Cinachyra voeltzkowi Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869) Cinachyrella eurystoma (Keller, 1891) Cinachyrella tenuiviolacea (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982) Cinachyrella voeltzkowi (Lendenfeld, 1897) accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869) Cinachyrella voeltzkowii  accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869) Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862 Ciocalypta colorata Gutekunst, Müller, Pohl, Brümmer, Malik, Fawzi, Erpenbeck & Lehnert, 2018 Clathria Schmidt, 1862 Clathria (Microciona) atrasanguinea (Bowerbank, 1862) Clathria (Thalysias) fusterna Hooper, 1996 Clathria cullingworthi Burton, 1931 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) cullingworthi Burton, 1931 Clathria echinonematissima (Carter, 1887) accepted as Clathria (Clathria) echinonematissima (Carter, 1887) Clathria frondifera (Bowerbank, 1875) accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) vulpina (Lamarck, 1814) Clathria juncea Burton, 1931 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) juncea Burton, 1931 Clathria mollis Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Phorbas mollis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Clathria oculata Burton, 1933 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) oculata Burton, 1933 Clathria oxitoxa Lévi, 1963 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) oxitoxa Lévi, 1963 Clathria pulcherrima Clathria typica sensu Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) typica sensu Kirkpatrick, 1903 Clathria whiteleggii Dendy, 1922 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) whiteleggii Dendy, 1922 Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) Clathrina blanca var. pulcherrima (Dendy, 1891) accepted as Clathrina pulcherrima (Dendy, 1891) Clathrina cerebrum (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Borojevia cerebrum (Haeckel, 1872) Clathrina clara Klautau & Valentine, 2003 Clathrina contorta var. spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1891) accepted as Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) Clathrina darwinii (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Arturia darwinii (Haeckel, 1870) Clathrina luteoculcitella Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 Clathrina primordialis (Haeckel, 1872) Clathrina repens Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Clathrina reticulum (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Ascaltis reticulum (Schmidt, 1862) Clathrina rodriguesensis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Cliona nodulosa Calcinai, Cerrano, Sarà & Bavestrello, 2000 Coelosphaera navicelligera (Ridley, 1885) accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) navicelligera (Ridley, 1885) Coppatias albescens Row, 1911 accepted as Jaspis albescens (Row, 1911) Coppatias baculifer Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Ecionemia baculifera (Kirkpatrick, 1903) Corallistes parasitica (Carter, 1873) sensu Ridley, 1884 Cornulella amirantensis van Soest, Zea & Kielman, 1994 Cornulella tyro van Soest, Zea & Kielman, 1994 Corynonema eupinnulum Lévi, 1964 accepted as Hyalonema (Cyliconema) eupinnulum (Lévi, 1964) Craniella atropurpurea (Carter, 1870) Crateromorpha lankesteri Kirkpatrick, 1902 accepted as Crateromorpha (Crateromorpha) lankesteri Kirkpatrick, 1902 Cyclacanthia cloverlyae Samaai & Kelly, 2004
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