WoRMS name details
Aka paratypica Fromont, 1993
166921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166921)
unaccepted (Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fromont, J. (1993). Descriptions of species of the Haplosclerida (Porifera: Demospongiae) occurring in tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10 (1): 7-40.
page(s): 30-31 [details]
page(s): 30-31 [details]
Holotype QM G25047, geounit Central and Southern Great...
Holotype QM G25047, geounit Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Aka paratypica Fromont, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166921 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Fromont, J. (1993). Descriptions of species of the Haplosclerida (Porifera: Demospongiae) occurring in tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10 (1): 7-40.
page(s): 30-31 [details]
page(s): 30-31 [details]
Other
additional source
Schönberg, C.H.L.; Tapanila, L. (2006). The bioeroding sponge <i>Aka paratypica</i>, a modern tracemaking analogue for the Paleozoic ichnogenus <i>Entobia devonica</i>. <em>Ichnos.</em> 13: 147-157. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): 97; note: as A. cf. paratypica [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Fromont, J.; Vanderklift, M.A. (2009). Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 77: 89-103.
page(s): 97; note: as A. cf. paratypica [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype QM G25047, geounit Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
