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Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971 
AphiaID: 178378

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosina (Suborder) > Phloeodictyidae (Family) > Siphonodictyon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Siphonodictyon Bergquist, 1965
Synonymised
taxa
  Aka coralliphaga (Rützler, 1971) (Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to original name.)
Aka coralliphagum (Rützler, 1971) (Spelling variety of A. coralliphaga. Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)
Siphonodictyon coralliphagum f. incrustans Rützler, 1971
Siphonodictyon coralliphagum f. obrutum Rützler, 1971
Siphonodictyon coralliphagum f. tubulosum Rützler, 1971
Sources  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]

from synonym: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English coral-eating boring sponge  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Forma Siphonodictyon coralliphagum f. incrustans Rützler, 1971 accepted as Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971
Forma Siphonodictyon coralliphagum f. obrutum Rützler, 1971 accepted as Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971
Forma Siphonodictyon coralliphagum f. tubulosum Rützler, 1971 accepted as Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belize (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bonaire (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cayman Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Colombia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Costa Rica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dominica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Eastern Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Hispaniola (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Jamaica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Northern Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Panama (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Southern Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Southwestern Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Venezuela (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Virgin Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Western Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype: USNM 24095 [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
To ITIS
Note  Type locality: Dominica [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178378
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-08-03 07:15:21Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2008-03-08 15:57:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-03-27 01:22:31Z  changed  Schönberg, Christine
  
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  Citation: Schönberg, C.; van Soest, R. (2013). Siphonodictyon coralliphagum 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=178378 on 2013-05-25
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