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