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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/4287
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCaribbean Sea(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 15° 18' 37.1" N (15.31030446°)  
Longitude 74° 40' 40.8" W (-74.6780113°)  
Precision 1784787 meter 
Min. Lat 7° 42' 35.3" N (7.7098°)  
Min. Long 89° 24' 46.5" W (-89.4129°)  
Max. Lat 22° 42' 23.5" N (22.7065°)  
Max. Long 59° 25' 17.8" W (-59.4216°)  
Source (1953). Limits of oceans and seas. 3rd edition. IHO Special Publication, 23. International Hydrographic Organization (IHO): Monaco. 38 pp. (look up in IMIS)
Relation 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Species
occurring
in this area (35)
Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1815)
Alcyonium cylindricum Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Neopetrosia cylindrica (Lamarck, 1815)
Asteropus vasiformis Hajdu & van Soest, 1992
Bursalina muta sensu Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Stylocordyla muta (sensu Schmidt, 1880)
Callyspongia tubulosa (Pallas, 1766)
Chondrilla phyllodes Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Spirastrella phyllodes (Schmidt, 1870)
Ciocalypta alleni de Laubenfels, 1936
Clathria armata (Bowerbank, 1862) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) armata (Bowerbank, 1862)
Clathria mima (de Laubenfels, 1954) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) mima (de Laubenfels, 1954)
Clathria strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889) accepted as Clathria (Microciona) strepsitoxa (Hope, 1889)
Clathria toxitenuis (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) accepted as Clathria (Axosuberites) fromontae Hooper, 1996
Cliona subulata Sollas, 1878
Crella cyathophora (Carter, 1869) accepted as Crella (Grayella) cyathophora (Carter, 1869)
Dictyocylindrus vickersii Bowerbank, 1864 accepted as Cyamon vickersii (Bowerbank, 1864)
Ectyon cylindricus Carter, 1883 accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870)
Iotrochota agglomerata Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Ircinia dendroides (Poléjaeff, 1884) accepted as Ircinia polejaeffi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Melonanchora insulsa Santín, Uriz, Cristobo, Xavier & Ríos, 2021
Mycale flagellifera Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971 accepted as Mycale (Naviculina) cleistochela Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971
Spongia (Spongia) usitatissima Lamarck, 1814
Spongia arborescens Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Agelas cervicornis (Schmidt, 1870)
Spongia campana Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Ircinia campana (Lamarck, 1814)
Spongia carbonaria Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814)
Spongia digitalis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Spongia fistulosa Linnaeus, 1759
Spongia officinalis tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814
Spongia plicifera Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plicifera (Lamarck, 1814)
Spongia tubaeformis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Aplysina fistularis (Pallas, 1766)
Spongia vaginalis Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Spongia vasculum Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Cribrochalina vasculum (Lamarck, 1814)
Spongia virgultosa sensu Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) virgultosa (Esper, 1806)
Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870
Thalysias Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Clathria (Thalysias) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Zygomycale Topsent, 1930 accepted as Mycale (Zygomycale) Topsent, 1930
Species
occurring
in any subarea
of Caribbean Sea (100)
Acanthella vaceleti van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
Adocia implexiformis Hechtel, 1965 accepted as Haliclona (Reniera) implexiformis (Hechtel, 1965)
Agelas citrina Gotera & Alcolado, 1987
Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)
Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870)
Agelas dilatata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Agelas fascicularis (Gray, 1867)
Agelas flabelliformis (Carter, 1883)
Agelas sceptrum (Lamarck, 1815)
Agelas schmidtii Wilson, 1902
Agelas sventres Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Agelas tubulata Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875)
Amphibleptula madrepora Schmidt, 1879
Aphrocallistes bocagei Wright, 1870 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
Aplysina cauliformis (Carter, 1882)
Arturia alcatraziensis (Lanna, Rossi, Cavalcanti, Hajdu & Klautau, 2007)
Arturia vansoesti Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
Asconema kentii Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Hyalonema (Coscinonema) kentii (Schmidt, 1880)
Asteropus ketostea (de Laubenfels, 1950)
Asteropus vasiformis Hajdu & van Soest, 1992
Aulospongus phakelloides Goodbody & Lehnert, 2004
Batzella rosea van Soest, 1984
Biemna spinomicroxea Mothes, Campos, Lerner, Carraro & van Soest, 2005
Borojevia tenuispinata Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
Calyx podatypa (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868
Clathrina hondurensis Klautau & Valentine, 2003
Clathrina insularis Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
Clathrina lutea Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
Clathrina mutabilis Azevedo, Padua, Moraes, Rossi, Muricy & Klautau, 2017
Cliona barbadensis Holmes, 2000
Cliona delitrix Pang, 1973 accepted as Cliothosa delitrix (Pang, 1973)
Cliona dioryssa (de Laubenfels, 1950)
Cliona macgeachii Holmes, 2000
Corvoheteromeyenia heterosclera (Ezcurra de Drago, 1974)
Crella chelifera van Soest, 1984 accepted as Crella (Pytheas) chelifera van Soest, 1984
Cyrtaulon sigsbeei (Schmidt, 1880)
Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841
Dictyonella foliaformis Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Discodermia polydiscus (Bowerbank, 1869)
Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814)
Ectyon fascicularis Gray, 1867 accepted as Agelas fascicularis (Gray, 1867)
Ectyon flabelliformis Carter, 1883 accepted as Agelas flabelliformis (Carter, 1883)
Ectyoplasia ferox (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Erylus formosus Sollas, 1886
Erylus incrustans Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Erylus trisphaerus (de Laubenfels, 1953)
Esperia macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Mycale (Carmia) macilenta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Euryspongia lankesteri Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Geodia (Geodia) gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815
Geodia (Sidonops) neptuni (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Geodia neptuni (Sollas, 1886)
Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815
Geodia media var. leptorhaphes Uliczka, 1929
Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965
Geodia tumulosa Bowerbank, 1872
Haliclona (Reniera) chlorilla Bispo, Correia & Hajdu, 2016
Haliclona (Reniera) strongylophora Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Hamacantha (Vomerula) agassizi Topsent, 1920
Hyalonema toxeres Thomson, 1873 accepted as Hyalonema (Coscinonema) toxeres Thomson, 1873
Hymeraphia toureti Topsent, 1894 accepted as Eurypon toureti (Topsent, 1894)
Iotrochota agglomerata Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Iotrochota birotulata (Higgin, 1877)
Iphiteon ingalli Bowerbank, 1869 accepted as Dactylocalyx pumiceus Stutchbury, 1841
Ircinia dendroides (Poléjaeff, 1884) accepted as Ircinia polejaeffi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Ircinia hummelincki van Soest, 1978
Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck, 1816)
Leucaltis curva Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Leucandra curva (Schuffner, 1877)
Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)
Lithobubaris leviorum van Soest & Hajdu, 2000 accepted as Sulcastrella leviorum (van Soest & Hajdu, 2000)
Lophocalyx oregoni Menshenina, Tabachnick, Lopes & Hajdu, 2007
Merlia normani Kirkpatrick, 1908
Monanchora arbuscula (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Mycale (Acamasina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Mycale (Naviculina) diversisigmata van Soest, 1984
Myliusia callocyathus Gray, 1859
Myriastra kallitetilla Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Stelletta kallitetilla (Laubenfels, 1936)
Neopetrosia cristata Vicente, Ríos, Zea & Toonen, 2019
Neopetrosia dendrocrevacea Vicente, Ríos, Zea & Toonen, 2019
Neopetrosia sigmafera Vicente, Ríos, Zea & Toonen, 2019
Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Pachastrissa hartmeyeri Uliczka, 1929 accepted as Penares hartmeyeri (Uliczka, 1929)
Penares chelotropa Boury-Esnault, 1973
Penares cortius de Laubenfels, 1930
Petrosia weinbergi van Soest, 1980 accepted as Petrosia (Petrosia) weinbergi van Soest, 1980
Phakellia bettinae Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Pharetronema zingiberis Sollas, 1879 accepted as Cribrochalina zingiberis (Sollas, 1879)
Plakortis angulospiculatus (Carter, 1879)
Polymastia biclavata Priest, 1881 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) biclavata (Priest, 1881)
Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Pseudaxinella flava Lehnert & van Soest, 1999 accepted as Svenzea flava (Lehnert & van Soest, 1999)
Raphiodesma radiosa Bowerbank, 1876 accepted as Mycale (Zygomycale) angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971
Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815)
Spinosella vaginalis f. vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814) accepted as Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868
Edit history Last edited on 2017-01-18 17:22:03 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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