MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aka infesta (Johnson, 1889)

Deep-Sea name details

Aka infesta (Johnson, 1889)

AphiaID

132931 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132931)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)

Accepted Name

Siphonodictyon infestum (Johnson, 1899)

Rank

Species

Parent

Aka de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Siphonodictyon Bergquist, 1965

Orig. name

Acca infesta Johnson, 1899

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899. 461-463, pl. VI.
page(s): 462 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic 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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Aka infesta (Johnson, 1889). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132931 on 2024-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aka infesta (Johnson, 1889). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132931 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-08-05 10:55:27Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-03-07 15:24:48Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-03-08 15:57:44Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2012-03-27 01:22:31Z

changed

Schönberg, Christine

2017-07-31 19:43:49Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Johnson, J.Y. (1899). Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899. 461-463, pl. VI.
page(s): 462 [details]

basis of record Schönberg, C.H.L.; Beuck, L. (2007). Where Topsent went wrong: Aka infesta a.k.a. Aka labyrinthica (Demospongiae: Phloeodictyidae) and implications for other Aka species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87, 1459–1476.
page(s): 1466-1469 [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Specimen Schönberg & Beuck (2007) cited the wrong specimen number for their extensive redescription of Aka infesta (Johnson, 1899) (=Siphonodictyon infestum) from the Ionian Sea. The number they give is ZMA POR. 19927, but the genuine catalogue number for the specimen is 19972. [details]

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