WoRMS taxon details
Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856
129841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129841)
accepted
Species
Aphrodite alta Kinberg, 1856 [as genus misspelling] · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of genus Aphrodita)
Aphroditella alta (Kinberg, 1856) · unaccepted
Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
page(s): 381 [details]
Holotype NRM 393, geounit Rio De Janeiro
, Note Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, -22°30'S 40°55'W,...
Holotype NRM 393, geounit Rio De Janeiro [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, -22°30'S 40°55'W, 35-55 m. [details]
Description Kinberg published a short description in 1856, followed by a longer description in the Eugenie expedition reports in 1858:
Description Kinberg published a short description in 1856, followed by a longer description in the Eugenie expedition reports in 1858:
(Kinberg 1856) Corpus altum ; lobus cephalicus rotundatus ; tentaculum breve , articulo basaIi quarta parte longiludinis capitis breviore ; setre pedum dorsualium in tela tomentosa occultae; capilli breves albidi
Hab. in rnari atIantico long. occid, 40 55', lat. austr, 22 30', prope Rio Janeiro, profund. 20-30 org.
[ Body tall; cephalic lobe rounded; tentacle short, basal joint about a quarter of the length of the head shorter; setae of dorsal feet hidden in tomentose tela; short white hairs
Habit. in the Atlantic Ocean long. west, 40 55', lat. south, 22 30', near Rio Janeiro, depth. 20-30 org.
(Kinberg, 1858, translation) Body 27 mm long, 15 mm wide, greater in height than in the others, with dense tomentose tela and a light covering; forty segments, nine of which lack the posterior minute elytra. Head lobe depressed. Eyes convex, hemispherical, with a double pigment spot on each side. "Tentacle, with the shortest basal part, shorter than the cephalic lobe, slender and below the apex linear, acute, slightly thickened. Facial tubercle compressed, marked with rare warts. Pharynx external margin provided with large foliaceous papillae and armed with strong cartilaginous processes, transverse, cristatis, arcuate, acute, slightly elevated. Palpi arising under the cephalic lobe, strong. Tentacular cirri gradually acuminate, much exceeding the tentacle, unequal in length, the largest adjacent setae barely exceeding. Oral cirri slightly longer than the ventral ones. Dorsal feet depressed, tending upwards and outwards, with short spines, slightly euryvate, attenuated, with hooked apex. Setae" capillary white, arising from the dorsal feet; fasciae thin tomentose transversely produced deeply from the feet lacking elytra. Ventral feet short, conical, turning outwards, with brown triseriate setae in the middle of the body, namely. the upper two largest, the middle four, the lower eight smallest slightly thickened below the apex, with an acute apex, slightly curved, the vagina papillose. The smallest gills in segments lacking elytra are located within the base of the dorsal feet, forming smooth processes. Dorsal cirri filiform, conical at the base, short. Ventral cirri arising outside the middle of the foot and reaching its apex, styliform, attenuated. Elytra wide, smooth, under a microscope magnified at 300x, very slightly granulated and decussately striated; fifteen pairs in segments 2, 4, 5, T...... 25, 28, 31; first oval, free margin; middle rounded with incised outer margin, attached to the dorsal foot; the posterior three narrow, elongate, some margins provided with very minute, rare papillae. [details]
(Kinberg 1856) Corpus altum ; lobus cephalicus rotundatus ; tentaculum breve , articulo basaIi quarta parte longiludinis capitis breviore ; setre pedum dorsualium in tela tomentosa occultae; capilli breves albidi
Hab. in rnari atIantico long. occid, 40 55', lat. austr, 22 30', prope Rio Janeiro, profund. 20-30 org.
[ Body tall; cephalic lobe rounded; tentacle short, basal joint about a quarter of the length of the head shorter; setae of dorsal feet hidden in tomentose tela; short white hairs
Habit. in the Atlantic Ocean long. west, 40 55', lat. south, 22 30', near Rio Janeiro, depth. 20-30 org.
(Kinberg, 1858, translation) Body 27 mm long, 15 mm wide, greater in height than in the others, with dense tomentose tela and a light covering; forty segments, nine of which lack the posterior minute elytra. Head lobe depressed. Eyes convex, hemispherical, with a double pigment spot on each side. "Tentacle, with the shortest basal part, shorter than the cephalic lobe, slender and below the apex linear, acute, slightly thickened. Facial tubercle compressed, marked with rare warts. Pharynx external margin provided with large foliaceous papillae and armed with strong cartilaginous processes, transverse, cristatis, arcuate, acute, slightly elevated. Palpi arising under the cephalic lobe, strong. Tentacular cirri gradually acuminate, much exceeding the tentacle, unequal in length, the largest adjacent setae barely exceeding. Oral cirri slightly longer than the ventral ones. Dorsal feet depressed, tending upwards and outwards, with short spines, slightly euryvate, attenuated, with hooked apex. Setae" capillary white, arising from the dorsal feet; fasciae thin tomentose transversely produced deeply from the feet lacking elytra. Ventral feet short, conical, turning outwards, with brown triseriate setae in the middle of the body, namely. the upper two largest, the middle four, the lower eight smallest slightly thickened below the apex, with an acute apex, slightly curved, the vagina papillose. The smallest gills in segments lacking elytra are located within the base of the dorsal feet, forming smooth processes. Dorsal cirri filiform, conical at the base, short. Ventral cirri arising outside the middle of the foot and reaching its apex, styliform, attenuated. Elytra wide, smooth, under a microscope magnified at 300x, very slightly granulated and decussately striated; fifteen pairs in segments 2, 4, 5, T...... 25, 28, 31; first oval, free margin; middle rounded with incised outer margin, attached to the dorsal foot; the posterior three narrow, elongate, some margins provided with very minute, rare papillae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129841 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
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]
original description (of Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898) Roule, Louis. (1898). Notice préliminaire sur les espèces d'Annélides recueillies dans les explorations sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4(4): 190-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5032573
page(s): 191 [details]
new combination reference Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina II. Aphroditidae. <em>Physis.</em> 31(83): 503-518.
page(s): 511-516; note: as Aphroditella alta.-Orensanz, 1972 comb. nov. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898) Roule, Louis. (1898). Notice préliminaire sur les espèces d'Annélides recueillies dans les explorations sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4(4): 190-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5032573
page(s): 191 [details]
new combination reference Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina II. Aphroditidae. <em>Physis.</em> 31(83): 503-518.
page(s): 511-516; note: as Aphroditella alta.-Orensanz, 1972 comb. nov. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 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 [request]
taxonomy source McIntosh, W. C. (1925). A second contribution to the marine polychaetes of South Africa. <em>Union South African Fisheries Marine Biological Survey, Report.</em> 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 [request]
redescription Kinberg, J. G. H. (1858). Annulater [scale worms]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. Zoology.</em> 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). <em>Ophelia.</em> 53(2): 131-140.
page(s): 136-137 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 287-288; note: range extension to South China Sea [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source McIntosh, W. C. (1925). A second contribution to the marine polychaetes of South Africa. <em>Union South African Fisheries Marine Biological Survey, Report.</em> 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
[request]redescription Kinberg, J. G. H. (1858). Annulater [scale worms]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. Zoology.</em> 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). <em>Ophelia.</em> 53(2): 131-140.
page(s): 136-137 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
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). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique noire.</em> 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 [request]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre; Rullier, Francois. (1957). Nouvelle contribution a la faune des Annélides Polychètes du Sénégal (Première partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique noire.</em> 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NRM 393, geounit Rio De Janeiro [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Kinberg published a short description in 1856, followed by a longer description in the Eugenie expedition reports in 1858:(Kinberg 1856) Corpus altum ; lobus cephalicus rotundatus ; tentaculum breve , articulo basaIi quarta parte longiludinis capitis breviore ; setre pedum dorsualium in tela tomentosa occultae; capilli breves albidi
Hab. in rnari atIantico long. occid, 40 55', lat. austr, 22 30', prope Rio Janeiro, profund. 20-30 org.
[ Body tall; cephalic lobe rounded; tentacle short, basal joint about a quarter of the length of the head shorter; setae of dorsal feet hidden in tomentose tela; short white hairs
Habit. in the Atlantic Ocean long. west, 40 55', lat. south, 22 30', near Rio Janeiro, depth. 20-30 org.
(Kinberg, 1858, translation) Body 27 mm long, 15 mm wide, greater in height than in the others, with dense tomentose tela and a light covering; forty segments, nine of which lack the posterior minute elytra. Head lobe depressed. Eyes convex, hemispherical, with a double pigment spot on each side. "Tentacle, with the shortest basal part, shorter than the cephalic lobe, slender and below the apex linear, acute, slightly thickened. Facial tubercle compressed, marked with rare warts. Pharynx external margin provided with large foliaceous papillae and armed with strong cartilaginous processes, transverse, cristatis, arcuate, acute, slightly elevated. Palpi arising under the cephalic lobe, strong. Tentacular cirri gradually acuminate, much exceeding the tentacle, unequal in length, the largest adjacent setae barely exceeding. Oral cirri slightly longer than the ventral ones. Dorsal feet depressed, tending upwards and outwards, with short spines, slightly euryvate, attenuated, with hooked apex. Setae" capillary white, arising from the dorsal feet; fasciae thin tomentose transversely produced deeply from the feet lacking elytra. Ventral feet short, conical, turning outwards, with brown triseriate setae in the middle of the body, namely. the upper two largest, the middle four, the lower eight smallest slightly thickened below the apex, with an acute apex, slightly curved, the vagina papillose. The smallest gills in segments lacking elytra are located within the base of the dorsal feet, forming smooth processes. Dorsal cirri filiform, conical at the base, short. Ventral cirri arising outside the middle of the foot and reaching its apex, styliform, attenuated. Elytra wide, smooth, under a microscope magnified at 300x, very slightly granulated and decussately striated; fifteen pairs in segments 2, 4, 5, T...... 25, 28, 31; first oval, free margin; middle rounded with incised outer margin, attached to the dorsal foot; the posterior three narrow, elongate, some margins provided with very minute, rare papillae. [details]
Spelling Aphrodita alta Kinberg (1856) from Brazil does exist and is not a spelling error for Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages from New Zealand [details]
Synonymy Fauvel & Rullier (1957) as [genus misspelling] Aphrodite alta included Aphrodita talpa and Aphrodita obtecta in their synonymy for Aphrodita alta, apparently based on an earlier examination of Aphrodita talpa in the Paris museum. Probably this synonymy has no validity as the occurrences are not geographically adjacent. [details]
Type locality Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, -22°30'S 40°55'W, 35-55 m. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (from synonym Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphrodita alto USNM 57558 dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphrodita alto USNM 57558 ventral view)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 55175)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 55188) (from synonym Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphrodita alto USNM 57558 dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphrodita alto USNM 57558 ventral view)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 55175)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 55188) (from synonym Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898)
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