BeRMS taxon details
Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758
129194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129194)
accepted
Genus
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (basionym)
- Species Aphrodita minuta O. Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (superseded original combination)
- Species Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2026-02-20
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2026-02-20
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 655 [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
identification resource 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): 286-287; note: generic diagnosis; key to Indo-Pacific species [details] Available for editors
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 655 [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
identification resource 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): 286-287; note: generic diagnosis; key to Indo-Pacific species [details] Available for editors
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