Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID	http://marineregions.org/mrgid/22030
Status	Alternative classification
Name	Language Name Name source English Mascarene Islands 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	20° 23' 57.5" S (-20.3993°)
Longitude	59° 12' 44.3" E (59.2123°)
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   Western Indian Ocean (Marine Province)
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Species occurring in this area (66)	Alcyoncellum corbicula Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Heterotella corbicula (Bowerbank, 1862) Aphroceras seychellensis (Hôzawa, 1940) Aplysina minuta Lendenfeld, 1889 Ascaltis compacta Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877) Axinella proliferans Ridley, 1884 Barbozia primitiva var. digitata Dendy, 1922 accepted as Phlyctaenopora (Barbozia) primitiva (Dendy, 1922) Borojevia pirella Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Chalina polychotoma var. mauritiana Carter, 1885 accepted as Petrosia (Strongylophora) mauritiana (Carter, 1885) Chondrilla sacciformis Carter, 1879 Clathrina compacta (Schuffner, 1877) accepted as Arturia compacta (Schuffner, 1877) Clathrina luteoculcitella Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 Clathrina rodriguesensis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Cliona jullieni Topsent, 1891 Dictyocylindrus laciniatus Carter, 1879 accepted as Raspailia laciniata (Carter, 1879) Dictyocylindrus pykii Carter, 1879 accepted as Echinodictyum pykii (Carter, 1879) Dragmastra lactea var. mauritiana Dendy, 1916 accepted as Stelletta mauritiana (Dendy, 1916) Ectyon mauritianus Carter, 1883 accepted as Agelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) Ernstia naturalis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015 accepted as Ernsta naturalis (Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015) Esperia plumosa Carter, 1882 accepted as Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii (Bowerbank, 1875) Euspongia irregularis var. lutea Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 Euspongia irregularis var. tenuis Lendenfeld, 1886 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814 Euspongia parvula Lendenfeld, 1886 Hymedesmia laevissima Dendy, 1922 accepted as Monanchora laevissima (Dendy, 1922) Janusya indica Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021 Laocoetis perion Lévi, 1986 Lelapiella tertia Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021 Leucaltis mauritiana Schuffner, 1877 Leucaltis nodusgordii (Poléjaeff, 1883) Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877 Leucandra echinata Schuffner, 1877 Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877 Leucandra ornata Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021 Leucascus tenuispinae Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021 Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913 Leucetta sulcata Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Lithoplocamia lithistoides Dendy, 1922 Mauricea lacinulosa Carter, 1877 accepted as Phyllospongia lamellosa (Esper, 1794) Mycale (Aegogropila) prognatha Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021 Mycale (Carmia) phyllophila Hentschel, 1911 Mycale (Naviculina) mascarenensis Van Soest, Aryasari & De Voogd, 2021 Neopetrosia exigua (Kirkpatrick, 1900) accepted as Neopetrosia chaliniformis (Thiele, 1899) Pachychalina oculata Lendenfeld, 1887 accepted as Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda (Ridley, 1884) Pericharax heteroraphis Poléjaeff, 1883 Pericharax orientalis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015 Phakellia conulosa var. mauritiana Dendy, 1922 accepted as Stylissa massa (Carter, 1887) Plocamia massalis Dendy, 1922 accepted as Zyzzya fuliginosa (Carter, 1879) Polymastia tubulifera Dendy, 1922 Protoraspailia cactoides Burton & Rao, 1932 accepted as Eurypon cactoides (Burton & Rao, 1932) Rhaphidhistia spectabilis Carter, 1879 Sigmosceptrella quadrilobata Dendy, 1922 Spongelia enormis Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Dysidea enormis (Hyatt, 1877) Spongelia ramsayi Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Dysidea ramsayi (Lendenfeld, 1888) Spongelia spinosa Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Dysidea spinosa (Hyatt, 1877) Spongia lapidescens mauritiana Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Hippospongia mauritiana (Hyatt, 1877) Spongia lapidescens mauritiana var. decidua Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Hyattella sinuosa (Pallas, 1766) Stelospongos intertexta Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Ircinia intertexta (Hyatt, 1877) Stelospongos pikei Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Fasciospongia pikei (Hyatt, 1877) Stelospongus intertextus Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Ircinia intertexta (Hyatt, 1877) Sycandra tabulata Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Sycon oscari Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Sycon tabulatum (Schuffner, 1877) accepted as Sycon oscari Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 Sycortis sycilloides Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Sycettusa sycilloides (Schuffner, 1877) Terpios hoshinota Rützler & Muzik, 1993 Thorecta meandrinus Lendenfeld, 1889 Timea unistellata (Topsent, 1892) Tulearinia stylifera Vacelet, 1977 Ute insulagemmae Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
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