Aaptos tenta
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Porifera
- Class: Demospongiae
- Order: Suberitida
- Family: Suberitidae
- Genus: Aaptos
- Species: Aaptos tenta
Species overview
Aaptos tenta is an accepted species of marine sponge (phylum Porifera) within the family Suberitidae. The species was described by Kelly-Borges and Bergquist in 1994. [2]
Visual Description
Photographic records associated with this taxon show an encrusting to mound-like growth form on hard substrate. Individuals appear relatively compact with a textured, porous surface rather than a hollow, cup-shaped body. Records also commonly depict the sponge in situ with surrounding rock or sediment visible. [1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Porifera / Demospongiae / Suberitida / Suberitidae / Aaptos / tenta constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aaptos tenta Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/7445647. Accessed 2026-07-09.