Where are sponges known to exist in Australia's N and NW Key Ecological Features?

Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where sponges are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.

Data were obtained from the Atlas of Living Australia, the Western Australian Museum, and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. ​As our aim in collating this data was to identify locations where sponges had ever been observed, we retained all data regardless of age. The data contains records of where sponges are known to exist, but none where they are known to be absent.

How to use the map

	Click on this icon at the top left of the map to see a full screen version, then click on each red square to see how many sponges were recorded there.
	Click on this icon also at the top left of the map to zoom in closer to (+) or further from (-) the map.