Polychaeta taxon details
Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 129194
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Typetaxon | | Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Parent | | Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867 |
Synonymised
taxa | |
Aphrodite [auctt.] (variant spelling)
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| Sources | |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 655 [details]
basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]
additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 655 [details]
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[show all] | | Subgenus Aphrodita (Amphitus)
Subgenus Aphrodita (Cyanippe)
Species Aphrodita abyssalis Kirkegaard, 1996
Species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Aphrodita acuminata Ehlers, 1887
Species Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856
Species Aphrodita annulata Pennant, 1777
Species Aphrodita aphroditoides (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Aphrodita armadillo Bosc, 1802
Species Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910
Species Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
Species Aphrodita bisetosa Rozbaczylo & Canahuire, 2000
Species Aphrodita brevitentaculata Essenberg, 1917
Species Aphrodita californica Essenberg, 1917
Species Aphrodita clavigera Freminville, 1812
Species Aphrodita daiyumaruae Imajima, 2005
Species Aphrodita defendens Chamberlin, 1919
Species Aphrodita diplops Fauchald, 1977
Species Aphrodita echidna Quatrefages, 1866
Species Aphrodita elliptica
Species Aphrodita falcifera Hartman, 1939
Species Aphrodita goolmarris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
Species Aphrodita hoptakero Otto in Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
Species Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
Species Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1855
Species Aphrodita longipalpa Essenberg, 1917
Species Aphrodita macroculata Imajima, 2001
Species Aphrodita magellanica Malard, 1891
Species Aphrodita maorica Benham, 1900
Species Aphrodita mexicana Kudenov, 1975
Species Aphrodita modesta Quatrefages, 1866
Species Aphrodita negligens Moore, 1905
Species Aphrodita nipponensis Imajima, 2003
Species Aphrodita obtecta Ehlers, 1887
Species Aphrodita paleacea Peters, 1864
Species Aphrodita parva Moore, 1905
Species Aphrodita perarmata Roule, 1898
Species Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910
Species Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998
Species Aphrodita roulei Horst, 1917
Species Aphrodita scolopendra Bruguière, 1789
Species Aphrodita sibogae (Horst, 1916)
Species Aphrodita sondaica Grube, 1875
Species Aphrodita sonorae Kudenov, 1975
Species Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages, 1866
Species Aphrodita tosaensis Imajima, 2001
Species Aphrodita watasei Izuka, 1912
Species Aphrodita abyssalis Kirkegaard, 1995 accepted as Aphrodita abyssalis Kirkegaard, 1996
Species Aphrodita arcta Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864)
Species Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Aphrodita carunculata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita castanea Moore, 1910 accepted as Aphrodita negligens Moore, 1905
Species Aphrodita centenes Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
Species Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita cirrosa Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835)
Species Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 accepted as Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808)
Species Aphrodita complanata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita cryptommata Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
Species Aphrodita echinus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird, 1865)
Species Aphrodita filamentosa Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita flava Pallas, 1766 accepted as Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita hastata Moore, 1905 accepted as Aphroditella hastata (Moore, 1905)
Species Aphrodita haswelli Johnston, 1908 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
Species Aphrodita hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Halithea hystrix Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Aphrodita intermedia McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Heteraphrodita intermedia (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Aphrodita leioseta Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
Species Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Aphrodita longa O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Pholoe longa (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Aphrodita longirostra Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aphrodita longirostris Monro, 1936 accepted as Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1855
Species Aphrodita magna Treadwell, 1925 accepted as Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1855
Species Aphrodita mathei Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Hermione mathei (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Aphrodita mediterranea Costa, 1857 accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Species Aphrodita minuta Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus, 1746 in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Aphrodita pedunculata Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Aphrodita punctata Müller, 1771 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita raripapillata Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910
Species Aphrodita rostrata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Amphinome rostrata (Kinberg, 1867)
Species Aphrodita scabra Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
Species Aphrodita solitaria Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910
Species Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Aphrodita squamosa Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Euphione squamosa (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Aphrodita subrotunda Hill, 1752 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Aphrodita terraereginae Haswell, 1883 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
Species Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Scalisetosus communis (Delle Chiaje, 1851)
Species Aphrodita violacea Ström in Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Aphrodita viridis Montagu, 1815 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
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omnivore [details]
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scavenger [details]
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| Notes | |
Spelling: often written as Aphrodite, but spelling is checked in the work of Linnaeus (1758). [details]
Type species: Type species A. aculeata Linnaeus 1761 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
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Sea-mouse - Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
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Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
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Fluwelen zeemuis
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Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1761
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Fluwelen zeemuis
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Fluwelen zeemuis
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Aphrodita aculeata
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Linnaeus 1758 description of Aphrodita
added on 2013-01-15 - author: Read, Geoffrey
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129194 |
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2013-06-18 |
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