Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -506 meters (0 to -1,660 feet).Mean = -78.350 meters (-257.054 feet), Standard Deviation = 138.150 based on 20 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Porifera
()
- Sponges
- Class:
Demospongiae
()
- Demosponges
- Order:
Hadromerida
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Genus:
Aaptos
()
- Specific name:
aaptos
- (Schmidt, 1864)
- Scientific name: - Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
- Specific name:
aaptos
- (Schmidt, 1864)
- Genus:
Aaptos
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Hadromerida
(
- Class:
Demospongiae
(
- Phylum:
Porifera
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Aaptos adriatica Gray, 1867
- Ancorina aaptos Schmidt, 1864
- Ancorina adriatica (Gray, 1867)
- Suberites spissus Topsent, 1892
- Tuberella tethyoides Keller, 1880
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hooper J., 03-Feb-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aaptos
There are approximately 16 species in this genus:
A. aaptos · A. bergmanni · A. ciliata · A. confertus · A. duchassaingi · A. durissima · A. globosum · A. horrida · A. niger · A. nuda · A. papillata · A. pernucleata · A. rosacea · A. suberitoides · A. tentum · A. vannamei
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- World Porifera Database, 1.0, 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MedOBIS
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 491414
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Por-134241
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 287036
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 48576
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 449340
