Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889)
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Family:  Suberitidae ()
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Environment:  sessile; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: Belize, Florida, USA and Mexico.
Diagnosis:  Massive; encrusting and sprawling up to 2 cm thick. Smooth surface, often partly covered by sediment; faintly hispid with distant canals converging on oscules. Color: brown or red-brown (external); cream (internal). Consistency: firm, tough, slightly compressible. Few, irregularly distributed oscules. Skeleton: most spicules are confusedly arranged, while some occur perpendicular to the surface in a radiate structure (Ref. 85482).
Biology:  Occurs on rocks in lagoons (Ref. 85482) and in mangrove ponds (Ref. 86789).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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