WoRMS name details
Aphrodita castanea Moore, 1910
336290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336290)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 380-385, plate XXXII figs. 85-97, plate XXXIII fig. 98 [details]
page(s): 380-385, plate XXXII figs. 85-97, plate XXXIII fig. 98 [details]
Holotype USNM 17450, geounit United States
, Note Pacific Ocean, central California
Holotype USNM 17450, geounit United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, central California [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita castanea Moore, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336290 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 380-385, plate XXXII figs. 85-97, plate XXXIII fig. 98 [details]
page(s): 380-385, plate XXXII figs. 85-97, plate XXXIII fig. 98 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1953). Some scale-bearing polychaetes of Puget Sound and adjacent waters. <em>[book].</em> Seattle, University of Washington Press. 89 pp., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822012860722;view=1up;seq=16
page(s): 70-72, plate 34 figs. 308-316, plate 35 figs. 317-324; note: synonymy with Aphrodita negligens [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 70-72, plate 34 figs. 308-316, plate 35 figs. 317-324; note: synonymy with Aphrodita negligens [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1937). The Templeton Crocker Expedition. VIII. Polychaetous annelids from the west coast of lower California, the Gulf of California and Clarion Island. <em>Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 22(2): 139-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50969597
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 17450, geounit United States [details]
