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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21919
Status Alternative classification Alternative classification, try to use a different MRGID
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNorthern and Central Red SeaSpalding, 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 25° 10' 34.3" N (25.1762°)  
Longitude 35° 43' 10.2" E (35.7195°)  
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
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Part of  Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Marine Province) 
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Species
occurring
in this area (100)
Amorphina isthmica Keller, 1883 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) isthmica (Keller, 1883)
Amphimedon chloros Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Amphimedon dinae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
Amphimedon hamadai Helmy & van Soest, 2005
Amphimedon jalae Helmy & van Soest, 2005
Amphius sollasi Burton & Rao, 1932 accepted as Jaspis sollasi (Burton & Rao, 1932)
Anacanthaea nivea Row, 1911 accepted as Myrmekioderma niveum (Row, 1911)
Antho (Jia) wunschorum Van Soest, Rützler & Sim, 2016
Aplysina praetensa Row, 1911 accepted as Suberea praetensa (Row, 1911)
Aplysina reticulata Lendenfeld, 1889
Arturia sueziana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003)
Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900
Aulocystis grayi (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Neoaulocystis grayi (Bowerbank, 1869)
Aulocystis grayi polae Ijima, 1927 accepted as Neoaulocystis polae (Ijima, 1927)
Aulocystis polae Ijima, 1927 accepted as Neoaulocystis polae (Ijima, 1927)
Borojevia voigti Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Cacospongia ridleyi Burton, 1952
Callyspongia (Euplacella) paralia Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Callyspongia clathrata (Dendy, 1905)
Ceraochalina densa Keller, 1889 accepted as Callyspongia (Euplacella) densa (Keller, 1889)
Ceraochalina implexa Topsent, 1892 accepted as Callyspongia implexa (Topsent, 1892)
Chalina gracilenta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Chalinula limbata (Montagu, 1814)
Chalina oculata (Linnaeus, 1759) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Chalinula saudiensis Vacelet, Al Sofyani, Al Lihaibi & Kornprobst, 2001
Clathria (Clathria) arbuscula (Row, 1911)
Clathria (Clathria) horrida (Row, 1911)
Clathrina adusta Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 accepted as Janusya adusta (Wörheide & Hooper, 1999)
Clathrina maremeccae Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Clathrina primordialis (Haeckel, 1872)
Clathrina rowi Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017
Clathrina sinusarabica Klautau & Valentine, 2003
Clathrina sueziana Klautau & Valentine, 2003 accepted as Arturia sueziana (Klautau & Valentine, 2003)
Clathrina tenuipilosa (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Arturia tenuipilosa (Dendy, 1905)
Cydonium arabicum (Carter, 1869) accepted as Geodia arabica Carter, 1869
Diacarnus erythraeanus Kelly-Borges & Vacelet, 1995
Diastra sterrastraea Row, 1911 accepted as Rhabdastrella sterrastraea (Row, 1911)
Djeddea violacea Miklucho-Maclay in Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Sycettusa stauridia (Haeckel, 1872)
Donatia robusta (Bowerbank, 1873) accepted as Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873)
Dysidea cinerea Keller, 1889
Echinodictyum jousseaumi Topsent, 1892
Ernstia arabica Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017 accepted as Ernsta arabica (Voigt, Erpenbeck & Wörheide, 2017)
Esperella erythraeana Row, 1911 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) erythraeana (Row, 1911)
Esperella fistulifera Row, 1911 accepted as Mycale (Carmia) fistulifera (Row, 1911)
Esperella suezza Row, 1911 accepted as Mycale (Carmia) suezza (Row, 1911)
Euryspongia lactea Row, 1911
Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912)
Geodia micropunctata Row, 1911
Grantessa glabra Row, 1909 accepted as Sycettusa glabra (Row, 1909)
Grantessa woerheidei Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Grantia arabica Miklucho-Maclay in Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869)
Grantilla hastifera Row, 1909 accepted as Sycettusa hastifera (Row, 1909)
Grantilla quadriradiata Row, 1909 accepted as Sycettusa hastifera (Row, 1909)
Grayella cyathophora Carter, 1869 accepted as Crella (Grayella) cyathophora (Carter, 1869)
Halichondria glabrata Keller, 1891 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) glabrata Keller, 1891
Halisarca cruenta Carter, 1876 accepted as Oscarella cruenta (Carter, 1876)
Hemimycale arabica Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Hyattella globosa Lendenfeld, 1889
Hyattella tubaria Lendenfeld, 1889
Hymeniacidon sanguinea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814)
Hymeniacidon zosterae Row, 1911
Kebira uteoides Row, 1909
Latrunculia corticata Carter, 1879 accepted as Negombata corticata (Carter, 1879)
Lessepsia violacea Keller, 1883 accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) violacea (Keller, 1883)
Leucaltis bathybia var. arabica Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869)
Leucandra pulvinar (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucandrilla intermedia (Row, 1909)
Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913
Leucetta pyriformis Dendy, 1913
Leucilla crosslandi Row, 1909 accepted as Paraleucilla crosslandi (Row, 1909)
Leucilla intermedia Row, 1909 accepted as Leucandrilla intermedia (Row, 1909)
Megalopastas erectus Row, 1911 accepted as Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911)
Microciona atrasanguinea Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) atrasanguinea (Bowerbank, 1862)
Mycale (Arenochalina) euplectellioides (Row, 1911)
Mycale (Arenochalina) tenuispiculata (Dendy, 1905)
Mycale dendyi (Row, 1911) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) dendyi (Row, 1911)
Mycale euplectellioides (Row, 1911) accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) euplectellioides (Row, 1911)
Mycale fistulifera (Row, 1911) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) fistulifera (Row, 1911)
Mycale rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874)
Myxilla incrustans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842)
Negombata rotundata Raijman‑Nagar, Shefer, Feldstein‑Farkash, Novak & Ilan, 2023
Niphates rowi Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Paraleucilla crosslandi (Row, 1909)
Petrosia (Petrosia) elephantotus Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Phakellia palmata Row, 1911
Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806)
Phylosiphonia clavata Keller, 1889 accepted as Callyspongia clavata (Keller, 1889)
Phylosiphonia conica Keller, 1889 accepted as Callyspongia kelleri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Phylosiphonia vasseli Keller, 1889 accepted as Callyspongia vasseli (Keller, 1889)
Pilochrota parva Row, 1911 accepted as Stelletta parva (Row, 1911)
Psammopemma commune (Carter, 1885) accepted as Hyrtios communis (Carter, 1885)
Reniera cinerea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826)
Reniera implexa Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Haliclona (Soestella) implexa (Schmidt, 1868)
Reniera spinosella Row, 1911 accepted as Haliclona rowi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Reniera tabernacula Row, 1911 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) tabernacula (Row, 1911)
Rhabderemia batatas Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
Scalarispongia aqabaensis Helmy, El Serehy, Mohamed & van Soest, 2004
Sclerochalina fistularis Topsent, 1892 accepted as Callyspongia fistularis (Topsent, 1892)
Sclerochalina sinuosa Topsent, 1892 accepted as Callyspongia sinuosa (Topsent, 1892)
Siphonochalina communis (Carter, 1881) accepted as Callyspongia (Euplacella) communis (Carter, 1881)
Edit history Last edited on 2009-05-20 15:39:48 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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