Aaptos aaptos

Short description: Species of sponge

Aaptos aaptos

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Porifera
Class:  | Demospongiae
Order:  | Suberitida
Family:  | Suberitidae
Genus:  | Aaptos aaptos
(Schmidt, 1864) [1]
Synonyms

List

* Aaptos adriatica Gray, 1867
* Ancorina aaptos Schmidt, 1864
* Ancorina adriatica sensu Van Soest, 2002 [lapsus]
* Suberites aaptus (Schmidt, 1864)
* Suberites spissus Topsent, 1892
* Tuberella aaptos (Schmidt, 1864)
* Tuberella tethyoides Keller, 1880

Aaptos aaptos is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae.[1]

This particular species is known to contain adrenoreceptor-blocking compounds.[citation needed] While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.[2]

Aaptamine, an alkaloid isolated from Aaptos aaptos[3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Register of Marine Species Retrieved August 25, 2012
2. ↑ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 239 (4838): 393–395. doi:10.1126/science.239.4838.393. PMID 17836872.
3. ↑ Nakamura, H. et al., Tetrahedron Lett., 1982, 5555

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