Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Suberitida > Family Suberitidae

Aaptos Gray, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trachya*	Carter, 1870	synonym
*Tuberella*	Keller, 1880	synonym

Children

Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
Aaptos papillata (Keller, 1880)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シンジョウカイメン属

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Suberitidae. Pp 227-244 In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of the sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York: 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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.
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.

Genbank

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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Aaptos Gray, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132064