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Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840 
AphiaID: 336287

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Aphroditidae (Family) > Aphrodita (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Rank Species
Parent Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Johnston, George 1840. Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 1, 4: 368-375, plates10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311 [details]

basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

source of synonymy: McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Notes  Specimen: The Natural History Museum, London ? [details]

Taxonomy: Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336287
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336287 on 2013-05-22
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