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Aka coralliphagum (Rützler, 1971) 
AphiaID: 418837

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosina (Suborder) > Phloeodictyidae (Family) > Aka (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Spelling variety of A. coralliphaga. Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971
Rank Species
Parent Aka de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Siphonodictyon Bergquist, 1965
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]

basis of record: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418837
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z  created  db_admin
2010-03-22 19:18:53Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-03-27 01:22:31Z  changed  Schönberg, Christine
  
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  Citation: Schönberg, C.; van Soest, R. (2013). Aka 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=418837 on 2013-05-22
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