Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Haplosclerida > 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
*Acca*	Johnson, 1899	synonym
*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 Contribution to Zoology. 77: 1-37.
additional source	Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. Acta Biolologica Benrodis. 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (1981). A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam. 31: 1-39.
additional source	Rützler, K.; Piantoni, C.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Díaz, M.C. (2014). Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. Zootaxa. 3805(1): 1-129.
additional source	Buznego, M.; Alcolado, P.M. (1987). Frecuencia de ataques de esponjas perforadoras sobre algunos corales escleractineos y otros susbtratros marinos en Cuba. Reporte de Investigacion del Instituto de Oceanologia. 59, 1-13.
additional source	Zea, S. (1987). Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. (Catálogo Cientifico: Bogotá, Colombia): 1-286.

Genbank

Citation

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. Siphonodictyon coralliphagum Rützler, 1971. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178378