Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Haplosclerida > Suborder Petrosina > Family Phloeodictyidae > Genus Siphonodictyon

Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Siphonodictyon*	Bergquist, 1965	accepted genus name
*Aka*	de Laubenfels, 1936	synonym

Species group names

*Aka coralliphaga*	(Rützler, 1971)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: coral-eating boring sponge

Literature

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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

Schönberg, C.; van Soest, R. (2014). 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178378