Aaptos

Aaptos is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae.^[1]

Aaptos
Aaptos tenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Suberitida
Family:	Suberitidae
Genus:	Aaptos Gray, 1867 [1]
Synonyms
List Tethyophaena Schmidt, 1880 Trachya Carter, 1870 Tuberella Keller, 1880

It was first described by John Edward Gray in 1867.^[2][3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Aaptos:^[1][4]

• Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
• Aaptos alphiensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
• Aaptos bergmanni de Laubenfels, 1950
• Aaptos ciliata (Wilson, 1925)
• Aaptos conferta Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994
• Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889)
• Aaptos durissima (Carter, 1882)
• Aaptos globosa Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994
• Aaptos glutinans Moraes, 2011
• Aaptos hajdui Carvalho, da Silva & Pinheiro, 2013
• Aaptos horrida (Carter, 1886)
• Aaptos kanuux Lehnert, Hocevar & Stone, 2008
• Aaptos laxosuberites (Sollas, 1902)
• Aaptos lobata Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
• Aaptos niger Hoshino, 1981
• Aaptos nuda (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
• Aaptos papillata (Keller, 1880)
• Aaptos pernucleata (Carter, 1870)
• Aaptos potiguarensis Carvalho, da Silva & Pinheiro, 2013
• Aaptos robustus Plotkin & Janussen, 2008
• Aaptos rosacea Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994
• Aaptos suberitoides (Brøndsted, 1934)
• Aaptos tenta Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994
• Aaptos vannamei de Laubenfels, 1935

References

1. World Register of Marine Species Retrieved August 25, 2012
2. "Australian Faunal Directory: Aaptos". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
3. Gray, J.E. (1867). "Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [519].
4. Animal Diversity Retrieved August 25, 2012