WoRMS name details
Aphrodita sericea (Lamarck, 1818)
1889282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1889282)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halithea sericea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 307; note: Lamarck mentions he took the name from Savigny's MS [details]
page(s): 307; note: Lamarck mentions he took the name from Savigny's MS [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita sericea (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1889282 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halithea sericea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 307; note: Lamarck mentions he took the name from Savigny's MS [details]
new combination reference 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): 404-405; note: recombined from Halithea, as Aphrodita sericea in page 405 [details]
page(s): 307; note: Lamarck mentions he took the name from Savigny's MS [details]
new combination reference 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): 404-405; note: recombined from Halithea, as Aphrodita sericea in page 405 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Malard, André-Eugène. (1891). Sur l'<i>Aphrodita sericea</i> considérée comme une variété de l'<i>Aphrodita aculeata</i> particulière aux mers abritées. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> Série 8. 3(3): 127-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31964558
page(s): 126-127; note: considered to be a variety of Aphrodita aculeata: "L'Aphrodita sericea est bien, comme l'avait pensé Claparède, une simple forme ou viariété de l'Aphrodita aculeata." [details]
page(s): 126-127; note: considered to be a variety of Aphrodita aculeata: "L'Aphrodita sericea est bien, comme l'avait pensé Claparède, une simple forme ou viariété de l'Aphrodita aculeata." [details]
Other
additional source
Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914
page(s): 176 [details]
additional source 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): 197-198 [details]
page(s): 176 [details]
additional source 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): 197-198 [details]
