Aaptos aaptos

(Schmidt, 1864) · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Suberitida/Suberitidae/Aaptos

At a glance

Occurrence records215

Data sources10

Biological traits4

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections153

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Aaptos aaptos's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility93 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System122 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI153 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS205 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS215 records

Environmental DNA3 datasets · 1 countries153 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Aaptos aaptos is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. This particular species is known to contain adrenoreceptor-blocking compounds. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. Aaptamine, an alkaloid isolated from Aaptos aaptosNakamura, H. et al., Tetrahedron Lett., 1982, 5555

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max6 m

Depth min1 m

03Chemical composition205 compounds

Compounds documented for Aaptos aaptos across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Cycloartane triterpenoids31

Flavonols9

Carotenoids (C40, β-β)7

Plant xanthones6

Unsaturated fatty acids5

Documented compounds205 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Catechin 3-Gallate	present	NPASS
(+)-Erythrodiol	present	NPASS
(1R,3S,6S)-6-[(1E,3E,5E,7Z,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(1S,4S,6R)-4-hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-1,5,5-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-3-ol	present	NPASS
(1S)-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(1R,4S)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-ol	present	NPASS
(1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aR,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14aR,14bS)-1,2,4a,6a,6b,9,9,12a-octamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14,14a,14b-hexadecahydropicene-2,10-diol	present	NPASS
(1S,2S,4aS,6aR,6aR,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14aR,14bS)-1,2,4a,6a,6b,9,9,12a-octamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14,14a,14b-hexadecahydropicene-2,10-diol	present	NPASS
(1S,3R,6S,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(2R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)hept-6-en-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol	present	NPASS
(1S,3R,6S,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol	present	NPASS
(1S,3R,6S,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(E,2R)-6-methoxy-6-methylhept-4-en-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol	present	NPASS
(1S,3R,6S,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(E,2R,6R)-7-hydroxy-6-methylhept-4-en-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aaptos aaptos has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections153

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P18S-5P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type215 records

Wild obs. + sensor71

Museum / vouchered128

Other16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO488 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit39

200–1000 m twilight4

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 17 m · max 357.5 m · 43 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 10≤10 km 4

19 georeferenced · 52 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor71

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 38≤1 km 5≤10 km 6>10 km 2

51 georeferenced · 77 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence128

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	13
AUTHlocation not on record	6
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	3
Sydney, AU	3
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	2
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	1
New Haven, US	1
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

13 institutions · 37 of 128 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA153 detections

Where the DNA of Aaptos aaptos was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found153

Studies independent surveys3

Countries1

Verifiable raw sequence linked152

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 153 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median7.20 °C -5.30–19.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.7 °C

Max temp (day)10.8 °C -1.40–23.2

Min temp (night)4.60 °C -8.90–16.4

Precipitation107 mm/mo 89.3–130

Air humidity60.9 % 59.7–65.7

Moisture balance54.2 mm/mo -47.7–91.8

Vapour deficit408 Pa 165–824

Wind speed5.10 m/s 3.90–6.00

Cloud cover51.9 % 45.9–63.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 152 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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