Deep-Sea name details
Aka de Laubenfels, 1936
131850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131850)
unaccepted (preoccupied by insect genus Aka White, 1879)
Genus
- Species Aka infesta (Johnson, 1889) accepted as Siphonodictyon infestum (Johnson, 1899) (Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy Preoccupied by Aka White, 1879 (Hemiptera)
Taxonomy Preoccupied by Aka White, 1879 (Hemiptera) [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Aka de Laubenfels, 1936. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131850 on 2026-01-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aka de Laubenfels, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131850 on 2026-01-11
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Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K.; Stone, S.M. (1986). Discovery and significance of Albany Hancock's microscope preparations of excavating sponges (Porifera:Hadromerida: Clionidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99 (4): 658-675. [details]
additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Schönberg, C.H.L.; Beuck, L. (2007). Where Topsent went wrong: <i>Aka infesta</i> a.k.a. <i>Aka labyrinthica</i> (Demospongiae: Phloeodictyidae) and implications for other <i>Aka</i> species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87, 1459–1476. [details] Available for editors
additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Rützler, K.; Stone, S.M. (1986). Discovery and significance of Albany Hancock's microscope preparations of excavating sponges (Porifera:Hadromerida: Clionidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99 (4): 658-675. [details]
additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Schönberg, C.H.L.; Beuck, L. (2007). Where Topsent went wrong: <i>Aka infesta</i> a.k.a. <i>Aka labyrinthica</i> (Demospongiae: Phloeodictyidae) and implications for other <i>Aka</i> species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87, 1459–1476. [details] Available for editors
additional source Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Preoccupied by Aka White, 1879 (Hemiptera) [details]
