Species Aaptos aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
- Ancorina aaptos Schmidt, E.O. 1864. Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Enthaltend die Histiologie und systematische Ergänzungen. Leipzig : Engelmann 48 pp. 4 pls. [33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MJG 15705 wet, Lagosta, Adriatic (Lastovo Is., Yugoslavia) [42°46'01"N 16°53'38"E]; BMNH 1910.1.1.866 dry fragment, Lagosta, Adriatic (Lastovo Is., Yugoslavia) [42°46'01"N 16°53'38"E]; BMNH 1867.3.11.22 slide, Lagosta, Adriatic (Lastovo Is., Yugoslavia) [42°46'01"N 16°53'38"E]; ZMB 6442 slide, Lagosta, Adriatic (Lastovo Is., Yugoslavia) [42°46'01"N 16°53'38"E]. - Aaptos adriatica Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [519] [unjustified replacement name for Ancorina aaptos Schmidt, 1864, objective synonym].
- Trachya pernucleata Carter, H.J. 1870. On two new species of subspherous sponges, with observations. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 176-182 pl. 13 [178].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (not found), Vera Cruz, Mexico [19°11'05"N 96°07'22"W]. - Tethyophaena silifica Schmidt, E.O. 1880. Zusatz zu obiger Abhandlung (von Keller). Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 18: 280-282 [281].
Type data:
Holotype (formerly Zoological Station, Naples), Gulf of Naples [no coords available]. - Tuberella tethyoides Keller, C. 1880. Neue Coelenteraten aus dem Golf von Neapel. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 18: 271-280 pls 13-14 [277].
Type data:
Status unknown, Gulf of Naples [no coords available]. - Tuberella papillata Keller, C. 1880. Neue Coelenteraten aus dem Golf von Neapel. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 18: 271-280 pls 13-14 [279].
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Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Gulf of Naples [no coords available]. - Trachya durissima Carter, H.J. 1882. Some sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 266-301, 346-368 pls 11-12 [357].
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Syntype(s) BMNH dry, several specimens, Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]. - Trachya horrida Carter, H.J. 1886. Supplement to the descriptions of Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 445-466 pl. 10 [457].
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Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.445 wet (=AM G2943 slide), Westernport Bay, VIC [38°22'S 145°20'E]. - Amorphina duchassaingi 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 [44].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (possibly MNHN Paris), Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico [19°51'17"N 90°31'33"W]. - Suberites spissus Topsent, E. 1892. Diagnoses d'Eponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 2 10(Notes Rev.): xvii-xxviii [xxvii].
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Holotype MNHN Paris (coord forBanyul sur-mer), Banyuls cap l'Abeille, Mediterranean coast of France [42°29'13"N 3°06'28"E]. - Aaptos niger Hoshino, T. 1981. Shallow-water demosponges of Western Japan. I., II. Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University B1 29(1–2): 47-205, 207-289 [225].
Type data:
Holotype MMBS SAT–063 (coord for Hokkaido), 15 m, Uchinoura, Western Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Dendy, A. & Frederick, L.M. 1924. On a collection of sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 35: 477-519 pls 25-26 [508]
- Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1932. [1932–1935]. The sponges of the Bay of Naples. Porifera Incalcaria. In Vosmaer-Röell, C.S. & Burton, M. (eds) Vol. 1 (1932–3), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 3: 1–456 pls 1–35. Vol. 2 (1933–5), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 5: 457–857 pls 36–71 (pls 43, 55 omitted). Also published separately in 3 vols (2 vols text, 875 pp., and atlas, 69 pls). The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff 1933–35. [208]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Heron Is., Westernport Bay, Shark Bay, Houtman Abrolhos, also West Indian region, Mediterranean Sea, S Africa, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan and New Zealand.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, filter-feeder, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Marine, sessile, filter-feeder; depth intertidal waters–65 m.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] (questions the conspecificity of Mediterranean and Australian populations)
Kelly-Borges, M. & Bergquist, P.R. 1994. A redescription of Aaptos aaptos with descriptions of new species of Aaptos (Hadromerida: Suberitidae) from northern New Zealand. Journal of Zoology, London 234: 301-323 [304]
History of changes
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