Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21895
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Levantine 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	33° 26' 42.4" N (33.4451°)
Longitude	30° 58' 26.4" E (30.974°)
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   Mediterranean Sea (Marine Province)
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Species occurring in this area (100)	Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864) Acanthella acuta Schmidt, 1862 Adocia cinerea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea (Grant, 1826) Adocia grossa (Schmidt, 1864) accepted as Haliclona (Rhizoniera) grossa (Schmidt, 1864) Adocia semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814) Adocia simulans (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864) Alectona millari Carter, 1879 Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) Aplysina cavernicola (Vacelet, 1959) Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794) Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) Axinella minuta Lévi, 1957 Axinella polypoides Schmidt, 1862 Axinella vaceleti Pansini, 1984 Axinella venusta Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021 Axinella verrucosa (Esper, 1794) Bubaris sarayi Ilan, Ben-Eliahu & Galil, 1994 Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866) Cacospongia cavernosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Fasciospongia cavernosa (Schmidt, 1862) Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862 Cacospongia scalaris Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Scalarispongia scalaris (Schmidt, 1862) Callites lacazii Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Topsentia lacazei (Schmidt, 1868) Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827) Calyx nicaensis  accepted as Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827) Caminella intuta (Topsent, 1892) Chalinula fertilis Keller, 1880 accepted as Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868 Chelonaplysilla erecta Tsurnamal, 1967 accepted as Chelonaplysilla erecta (Row, 1911) Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 Chrotella cavernosa sensu Tsurnamal, 1969 accepted as Levantiniella levantinensis (Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007) Cinachyra australiensis sensu Burton, 1936 accepted as Levantiniella levantinensis (Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007) Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) Cinachyrella levantinensis Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007 accepted as Levantiniella levantinensis (Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007) Ciocalypta carballoi Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007 Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1862 Clathria gradalis Topsent, 1925 accepted as Clathria (Microciona) gradalis Topsent, 1925 Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864) Cliona celata Grant, 1826 Cliona parenzani Corriero & Scalera-Liaci, 1997 Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862) Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862 Coscinoderma sporadense Voultsiadou-Koukoura, van Soest & Koukouras, 1991 Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) Damiriana schmidti (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) schmidti (Ridley, 1884) Desmacella inornata (Bowerbank, 1866) Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880) Didiscus placospongioides Dendy, 1922 Didiscus styliferus Tsurnamal, 1969 accepted as Didiscus stylifer Tsurnamal, 1969 Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) Erylus euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Penares euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) Eumastia sitiens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) Euryspongia raouchensis Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007 Farrea bowerbanki Boury-Esnault, Vacelet & Chevaldonné, 2017 Fasciospongia cavernosa (Schmidt, 1862) Gastrophanella phoeniciensis Perez, Vacelet, Bitar & Zibrowius, 2004 Gellius fibulatus (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862 Geodia micropunctata Row, 1911 Geodia muelleri (Fleming, 1828) accepted as Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767) Haliclona (Halichoclona) fulva (Topsent, 1893) Haliclona (Reniera) cratera (Schmidt, 1862) Haliclona (Rhizoniera) sarai (Pulitzer-Finali, 1969) Haliclona cratera (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) cratera (Schmidt, 1862) Haliclona fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862) Haliclona implexa (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Haliclona (Soestella) implexa (Schmidt, 1868) Haliclona poecillastroides (Vacelet, 1969) Haliclona steueri Burton, 1936 Haliclona viridis (Keller, 1889) accepted as Amphimedon chloros Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004 Hamacantha implicans Lundbeck, 1902 accepted as Hamacantha (Vomerula) papillata Vosmaer, 1885 Hemiasterella verae Idan, Shefer, Feldstein & Ilan, 2021 Heteronema erecta Keller, 1889 accepted as Hyrtios erectus (Keller, 1889) Hexadella racovitzai Topsent, 1896 Hircinia oros Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864) Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) Hymerhabdia intermedia Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 Hymerhabdia pori Tsurnamal, 1969 Hymerhabdia reichi Tsurnamal, 1969 Ircinia dendroides (Schmidt, 1862) Ircinia fasciculata sensu Vacelet, 1959 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864) Ircinia retidermata Pulitzer-Finali & Pronzato, 1981 Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826) Liosina blastifera Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007 Microciona toxistyla Sarà, 1959 accepted as Clathria (Clathria) toxistyla (Sarà, 1959) Microscleroderma lamina Pérez, Vacelet, Bitar & Zibrowius, 2004 Mycale (Aegogropila) rotalis (Bowerbank, 1874) Mycale (Mycale) lingua (Bowerbank, 1866) Mycale erythraeana (Row, 1911) accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) erythraeana (Row, 1911) Mycale massa (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Mycale (Mycale) massa (Schmidt, 1862) Mycale retifera Topsent, 1924 accepted as Mycale (Aegogropila) retifera Topsent, 1924 Mycale sanguinea Tsurnamal, 1969 accepted as Mycale (Carmia) sanguinea Tsurnamal, 1969 Myrmekioderma spelaeum (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) Myxilla prouhoi (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) prouhoi (Topsent, 1892) Myxilla rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) accepted as Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) Niphates toxifera Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Pérez, 2007
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