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Aka coralliphaga (Rützler, 1971) 
AphiaID: 166912

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosina (Suborder) > Phloeodictyidae (Family) > Aka (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to original name.)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971
Rank Species
Parent Aka de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Siphonodictyon Bergquist, 1965
Source  original description: Rützler, K. 1971. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica: Burrowing Sponges, Genus Siphonodictyon Bergquist, from The Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (77): 1-37. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belize [details]
Bonaire [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cayman Islands [details]
Colombia [details]
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba [details]
Eastern Caribbean [details]
Hispaniola [details]
Jamaica [details]
Mexico [details]
Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Panama [details]
Southern Caribbean [details]
Southwestern Caribbean [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Venezuela [details]
Virgin Islands [details]
Western Caribbean [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166912
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-03-22 19:18:53Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
2012-03-27 01:22:31Z  changed  Schönberg, Christine
  
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  Citation: Schönberg, C.; van Soest, R. (2013). Aka coralliphaga (Rützler, 1971). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166912 on 2013-05-25
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