WoRMS name details
Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821
888550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888550)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (not subsequently used?)
Species
Aphrodita hoptakero [auct. misspelling for heptakera] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
Note Nice, as Nicaeam, France, Mediterranean coast,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Nice, as Nicaeam, France, Mediterranean coast, in mud [details]
Taxonomy Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821 is an obscure forgotten name not in the Hartman catalogue, described with a Latin diagnosis,...
Taxonomy Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821 is an obscure forgotten name not in the Hartman catalogue, described with a Latin diagnosis, no figures [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888550 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Other
additional source
Sherborn, C.D., 1925-1933. Index Animalium (1801-1850), parts 1-33 : i-cxlvii, 1-7056; 1-1098.
page(s): 2960; note: listing [details]
additional source 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: comment that Otto's specimens might be Aphrodita hystrix. They misspell "heptakera" [details]
page(s): 2960; note: listing [details]
additional source 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: comment that Otto's specimens might be Aphrodita hystrix. They misspell "heptakera" [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
