WoRMS taxon details
Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
326499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326499)
accepted
Species
Aphrodita cryptommata Essenberg, 1917 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodita leioseta Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodite japonica Marenzeller, 1879 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (genus misspelled by original author)
Aphroditella japonica (Marenzeller, 1879) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodite japonica Marenzeller, 1879) Marenzeller, Emil von. (1879). Südjapanische Anneliden. I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe , Wien.</em> 41 (2): 109-154, plates I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7215498
page(s): 111-112, plate I fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 111-112, plate I fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, southern Japan
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, southern Japan [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326499 on 2025-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aphrodita cryptommata Essenberg, 1917) Essenberg, Christine. (1917). On some new species of Aphroditidae from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 16(22): 401-430, plates 31-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29548523
page(s): 409-411, plate 34 figs. 39-50, plate 37 fig. 83 [details]
original description (of Aphrodite japonica Marenzeller, 1879) Marenzeller, Emil von. (1879). Südjapanische Anneliden. I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe , Wien.</em> 41 (2): 109-154, plates I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7215498
page(s): 111-112, plate I fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita leioseta Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 254-255 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 409-411, plate 34 figs. 39-50, plate 37 fig. 83 [details]
original description (of Aphrodite japonica Marenzeller, 1879) Marenzeller, Emil von. (1879). Südjapanische Anneliden. I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea.). <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe , Wien.</em> 41 (2): 109-154, plates I-VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7215498
page(s): 111-112, plate I fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Aphrodita leioseta Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 254-255 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955 [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254 [details]
additional source Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 74-75, plate IX figs. 1-3 [details]
additional source 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): 375-376 [details]
additional source 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 74-75, plate IX figs. 1-3 [details]
additional source 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): 375-376 [details]
additional source 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 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, southern Japan [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニホンコガネウロコムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphrodita japonica)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphrodita japonica)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
