''Aaptos tentum'' is a species of

sea sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...

belonging to the family

Suberitidae Suberitidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. Genera *Suberites *Homaxinella *Rhizaxinella *Caulospongia *Pseudospongosorites *Aaptos ... References

Suberitidae, Sponge families {{demosponge-stub ...

. The species was described in 1994 by Michelle Kelly-Borges and

Patricia Bergquist Dame Patricia Rose Bergquist (née Smyth, 10 March 1933 – 9 September 2009) was a New Zealand zoologist who specialised in anatomy and taxonomy. At the time of her death, she was professor emerita of zoology and honorary professor of anatomy ...

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Aaptos Animals described in 1994 Taxa named by Patricia Bergquist {{demosponge-stub