Excavating sponges from the Pacific of Central America, descriptions and a faunistic record
Author
Pacheco, Cristian
Author
Carballo, José Luis
Author
Cortés, Jorge
Author
Segovia, Johanna
Author
Trejo, Alejandra
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-15
4370
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451
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.1
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Genus
Siphonodictyon
Bergquist, 1965
Synonymy.
Acca
Johnson, 1899
, preoccupied by
Acca
Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera)
(following Soest
2011 in
Soest
et al.
2016
).
Aka
Laubenfels, 1936
, preoccupied by
Aka
White, 1879 (Fulgoromorpha)
(following
Schönberg & Soest
2012
in
Soest
et al.
2016
).
Siphonodictyon
Bergquist, 1965
.
Diagnosis.
Excavating sponges in papillate or fistulate morphology, former with porous excavation, latter usually with larger cavities. Choanosomal skeleton unordered or forming sinuous bands of spicule fibres. Densely anastomosing fibres in fistules. Spicules curved oxeas, no microscleres. Commonly mucoid (adapted from
Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002
).