Polychaeta taxon details
Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages, 1866
326515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326515)
accepted
Species
Aphrodite talpa Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subsequent misspeling of genus...)
subsequent misspeling of genus Aphrodita
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 196-197, plate 6,fig.2-4; note: New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on "Astrolabe"), possibly at Tasman Bay or Bay of Islands [details]
page(s): 196-197, plate 6,fig.2-4; note: New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on "Astrolabe"), possibly at Tasman Bay or Bay of Islands [details]
Note New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on...
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Type locality New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on "Astrolabe"), possibly at Tasman Bay or Bay of Islands. [details]
Etymology The species group name "talpa" for Aphrodita talpa is a feminine noun meaning 'mole' as in the burrowing mammal. As a noun...
Etymology The species group name "talpa" for Aphrodita talpa is a feminine noun meaning 'mole' as in the burrowing mammal. As a noun in apposition it is unchanging [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326515 on 2025-08-23
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Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 196-197, plate 6,fig.2-4; note: New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on "Astrolabe"), possibly at Tasman Bay or Bay of Islands [details]
additional source Imajima, Minoru 1964. Benthic polychaetes collected by the second cruise of the Japanese Expedition of Deep Seas (JEDS-2). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 7(3): 235-254.
page(s): 237, figs. 1-6 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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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]
redescription Fauvel, P. 1925. Sur quelques espèces du genre Aphrodita (A. aculeata L., A. australis Baird, A. talpa Qfg., et A. armifera Moore). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 50: 131-150.
note: redescription and basis of first record from Australia (South Australia) [details]
redescription Hutchings, Patricia A.; McRae, Jane. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 45(3): 279-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
page(s): 307-311, figs. 23a-f, 24a-k, 59C, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 196-197, plate 6,fig.2-4; note: New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on "Astrolabe"), possibly at Tasman Bay or Bay of Islands [details]
additional source Imajima, Minoru 1964. Benthic polychaetes collected by the second cruise of the Japanese Expedition of Deep Seas (JEDS-2). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 7(3): 235-254.
page(s): 237, figs. 1-6 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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]redescription Fauvel, P. 1925. Sur quelques espèces du genre Aphrodita (A. aculeata L., A. australis Baird, A. talpa Qfg., et A. armifera Moore). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 50: 131-150.
note: redescription and basis of first record from Australia (South Australia) [details]
redescription Hutchings, Patricia A.; McRae, Jane. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 45(3): 279-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
page(s): 307-311, figs. 23a-f, 24a-k, 59C, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The species group name "talpa" for Aphrodita talpa is a feminine noun meaning 'mole' as in the burrowing mammal. As a noun in apposition it is unchanging [details]Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [details]
Type locality New Zealand, collected Quoy & Gaimard (on "Astrolabe"), possibly at Tasman Bay or Bay of Islands. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タルパコガネウロコムシ | [details] |
