WoRMS

ERMS taxon details

Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856

AphiaID

129841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129841)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 381 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129841 on 2025-08-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129841 on 2025-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2007-01-22 09:31:04Z

checked

Barnich, Ruth

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 381 [details]

taxonomy source Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. Species Diversity. 9:285-329., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006794439/en
page(s): 287-288; note: range extension to South China Sea [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source McIntosh, W. C. (1925). A second contribution to the marine polychaetes of South Africa. Union South African Fisheries Marine Biological Survey, Report. 5(4): 1-93, plates I-X.
page(s): 18; note: Record and descriptions as Aphrodita near alta Kinberg from offshore South Africa [details] Available for editors

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 Fauvel, Pierre; Rullier, Francois. (1957). Nouvelle contribution a la faune des Annélides Polychètes du Sénégal (Première partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique noire. 19(1): 24-96.
page(s): 44; note: record (genus misspelled) for Aphrodita alta from Senegal, West Africa (Sud de Gorée) [details] Available for editors

redescription Kinberg, J. G. H. (1858). Annulater [scale worms]. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. Zoology. 1(2): 1-32. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser. Almquist & Wicksells. Uppsala & Stockholm.
page(s): 2; note: The 1856 short preliminary description is followed by a longer 1858 description [details]

redescription Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. (2000). Review of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 and Aphroditella Roule, 1898 (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae). Ophelia. 53(2): 131-140.
page(s): 136-137 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina II. Aphroditidae. Physis. 31(83): 503-518.
page(s): 511-516; note: as Aphroditella alta.-Orensanz, 1972 comb. nov. [details] Available for editors