WoRMS name details
Aphrodita hoptakero [auct. misspelling for heptakera]
326498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326498)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821) Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. [A survey of certain marine animals, not yet published, before the ashes of my beloved father, Bernhard Cristianus Otto, for celebrating the happiest day of the 11th.]. <em>Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislavia.</em> 20 pp., available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451
page(s): 16; note: brief Latin diagnosis, no figures [details]
page(s): 16; note: brief Latin diagnosis, no figures [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita hoptakero [auct. misspelling for heptakera]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326498 on 2025-05-10
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(of Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821) Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. [A survey of certain marine animals, not yet published, before the ashes of my beloved father, Bernhard Cristianus Otto, for celebrating the happiest day of the 11th.]. <em>Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislavia.</em> 20 pp., available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451
page(s): 16; note: brief Latin diagnosis, no figures [details]
basis of record Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1832). [Part 1] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> Sér. 1, 27: 337-447., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6062037
page(s): 410; note: misspelling of Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821 [details]
page(s): 16; note: brief Latin diagnosis, no figures [details]
basis of record Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1832). [Part 1] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> Sér. 1, 27: 337-447., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6062037
page(s): 410; note: misspelling of Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821 [details]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Authority Hartman Catalogue attributed the authority to "Otto in Audouin and Milne Edwards, 1832". However, this is seriously misleading if taken literally as Hartman just meant she found the name in Audouin and Milne Edwards and saw it was attributed to Otto, but she didn't know of Otto's 1821 work, or that the spelling was correctly "heptakera". Obviously Otto had nothing to do with this misspelling. [details]Spelling Audouin & Milne Edwards commented that Otto "sous le nom bizarre d'Aphrodita hoptakero" had collected a variety of Aphrodita hystrix. However, they made their own bizarre mistake in the spelling of Otto's name. It should have been "heptakera". Also Otto's specimens came from Nice, not Bay of Naples as they state. [details]
