World Polychaeta Database - Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866

Polychaeta name details

Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866

colour figure from Seba (1734, plate 90)

AphiaID

325909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325909)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym fide Pettibone (1966))

Accepted name

Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Milnesia nuda Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867

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Species Milnesia nuda Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325909 on 2026-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2015-07-17 09:47:47Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2016-06-07 12:16:28Z

changed

Wilson, Robin

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original description Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]

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