WoRMS taxon details
Aphrodita defendens Chamberlin, 1919
326494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326494)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 80-81; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 80-81; note: no figures [details]
Holotype MCZ 84622, geounit Peruvian part of the South...
, Note Off Aguja Point, 20 miles NW, Peru, Albatross...
5°46'S 81°31.15'W, 1894 m, 12 Nov 1904 [details]
Holotype MCZ 84622, geounit Peruvian part of the South Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Aguja Point, 20 miles NW, Peru, Albatross Stn 4654, 5°46'S 81°31.15'W, 1894 m, 12 Nov 1904 [details]
Etymology the species name is derived from the latin defendere, to ward off or defend
Etymology the species name is derived from the latin defendere, to ward off or defend [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita defendens Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326494 on 2024-04-23
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Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 80-81; note: no figures [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1923). Polychaetous annelids from Lower California with descriptions of new species. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 74: 1-11., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5286
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 80-81; note: no figures [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1923). Polychaetous annelids from Lower California with descriptions of new species. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 74: 1-11., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5286
page(s): 6 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MCZ 84622, geounit Peruvian part of the South Pacific Ocean [details]
