Aaptos is a genus of sea sponges in the family Suberitidae.
It was first described by John Edward Gray in 1867.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Aaptos:Animal Diversity Retrieved August 25, 2012
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
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