Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889) 
AphiaID: 170734

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Suberitidae (Family) > Aaptos (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Aaptos Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Amorphina duchassaingi Topsent, 1889 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 2: 30-52. [details] [full text] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Belize [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [Caribbean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Southern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170734
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-08-31 17:38:30Z   checked   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170734 on 2013-05-23