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Siphonodictyon xamaycaense Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 
AphiaID: 178377

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 xamaycaensis (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) (Junior homonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)
 Siphonodictyon xamaycaensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 (name)
Sources  original description: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1986. A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria 86: 65-216. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Jamaica boring sponge  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cayman Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greater Antilles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Jamaica [details]
Southern Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimens  Holotype: MSNG 47707 [details]
Holotype (from synonym): MSNG 47707 [view taxon]
Note  Type locality: Jamaica [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178377
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
2012-04-04 05:16:28Z  changed  Schönberg, Christine
2012-07-11 12:30:05Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R.; Schönberg, C. (2013). Siphonodictyon xamaycaense Pulitzer-Finali, 1986. 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=178377 on 2013-05-23
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