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Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

colour figure from Seba (1734, plate 90)
colour figure from Seba (1734, plate 90)

129194  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129194)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Aphroditidae (Family)
  9. Aphrodita (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Aphrodita (Amphitus) Castelnau, 1842 · unaccepted (disused subgenus)
Aphrodita (Cyanippa) Castelnau, 1842 · unaccepted (disused subgenus)
Aphrodite [auctt.] · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Aphroditella Roule, 1898 · unaccepted (junior unreplaced homonym, also a...)  
junior unreplaced homonym, also a subjective synonym
Eruca Ruysch, 1721 · unaccepted (pre-Linnaean name, a homonym if...)  
pre-Linnaean name, a homonym if used later
Halithea Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym fide...)  
junior subjective synonym fide Pettibone (1966)
Mus [informal 1748-56, NOT Mus sensu Linnaeus, 1758] · unaccepted (pre-Linnaean usages in Latin of...)  
pre-Linnaean usages in Latin of 'Mus marinus' for sea mouse (Aphrodita)
Vermis Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Aphrodita abyssalis Kirkegaard, 1995
  2. Species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
  3. Species Aphrodita acuminata Ehlers, 1887
  4. Species Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856
  5. Species Aphrodita aphroditoides (McIntosh, 1885)
  6. Species Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910
  7. Species Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
  8. Species Aphrodita bamarookis Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  9. Species Aphrodita bisetosa Rozbaczylo & Canahuire, 2000
  10. Species Aphrodita brevitentaculata Essenberg, 1917
  11. Species Aphrodita daiyumaruae Imajima, 2005
  12. Species Aphrodita decipiens (Horst, 1916)
  13. Species Aphrodita defendens Chamberlin, 1919
  14. Species Aphrodita diplops Fauchald, 1977
  15. Species Aphrodita falcifera Hartman, 1939
  16. Species Aphrodita floresiana (Horst, 1916)
  17. Species Aphrodita goolmarris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  18. Species Aphrodita hastata Moore, 1905
  19. Species Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
  20. Species Aphrodita kulmaris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  21. Species Aphrodita limosa (Horst, 1916)
  22. Species Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1856
  23. Species Aphrodita longipalpa Essenberg, 1917
  24. Species Aphrodita macroculata Imajima, 2001
  25. Species Aphrodita magellanica Malard, 1891
  26. Species Aphrodita malayana (Horst, 1916)
  27. Species Aphrodita malkaris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  28. Species Aphrodita maorica Benham, 1900
  29. Species Aphrodita marombis Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  30. Species Aphrodita mexicana Kudenov, 1975
  31. Species Aphrodita negligens Moore, 1905
  32. Species Aphrodita nipponensis Imajima, 2003
  33. Species Aphrodita obtecta Ehlers, 1887
  34. Species Aphrodita parva Moore, 1905
  35. Species Aphrodita perarmata Roule, 1898
  36. Species Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910
  37. Species Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998
  38. Species Aphrodita sibogae (Horst, 1916)
  39. Species Aphrodita sondaica Grube, 1875
  40. Species Aphrodita sonorae Kudenov, 1975
  41. Species Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages, 1866
  42. Species Aphrodita terraereginae Haswell, 1883
  43. Species Aphrodita tosaensis Imajima, 2001
  44. Species Aphrodita watasei Izuka, 1912
  45. Subgenus Aphrodita (Amphitus) Castelnau, 1842 accepted as Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 (disused subgenus)
    1. Species Aphrodita (Amphitus) audouini Castelnau, 1842 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not subsequently used?)
  46. Subgenus Aphrodita (Cyanippa) Castelnau, 1842 accepted as Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 (disused subgenus)
    1. Species Aphrodita (Cyanippa) sericea Castelnau, 1842 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not subsequently used?)
  47. Species Aphrodita arcta Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864) (subjective synonym)
  48. Species Aphrodita armadillo Bosc, 1802 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
  49. Species Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
  50. Species Aphrodita californica Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita castanea Moore, 1910 accepted as Aphrodita negligens Moore, 1905
  51. Species Aphrodita carunculata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (basionym)
  52. Species Aphrodita castanea Moore, 1910 accepted as Aphrodita negligens Moore, 1905 (subjective synonym)
  53. Species Aphrodita centenes Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865 (subjective synonym)
  54. Species Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
  55. Species Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (basionym)
  56. Species Aphrodita cirrosa Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835) (subjective synonym)
  57. Species Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 accepted as Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808) (superseded original combination)
  58. Species Aphrodita complanata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (superseded original combination)
  59. Species Aphrodita cryptommata Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879 (subjective synonym)
  60. Species Aphrodita echinus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird, 1865) (subjective synonym)
  61. Species Aphrodita elliptica Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, not valid under ICZN Article 11.6.2 )
  62. Species Aphrodita filamentosa Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
  63. Species Aphrodita flava Pallas, 1766 accepted as Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766) (superseded original combination)
  64. Species Aphrodita haswelli Johnston, 1908 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865 (subjective synonym)
  65. Species Aphrodita hoptakero [auct. misspelling for heptakera] accepted as Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821 (misspelling)
  66. Species Aphrodita hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Halithea hystrix Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (superseded recombination)
  67. Species Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (superseded original combination)
  68. Species Aphrodita intermedia McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Heteraphrodita intermedia (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
  69. Species Aphrodita leioseta Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879 (subjective synonym)
  70. Species Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
  71. Species Aphrodita longa O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Pholoe longa (O.F. Müller, 1776) (superseded original combination)
  72. Species Aphrodita longirostra Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
  73. Species Aphrodita magna Treadwell, 1925 accepted as Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym)
  74. Species Aphrodita mathei [auct. informal name] accepted as Hermione mathei Quatrefages, 1866 (unpublished Paris museum collection name)
  75. Species Aphrodita mediterranea Costa, 1857 accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
  76. Species Aphrodita minuta Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (basionym)
  77. Species Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus, 1746 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (published before Linnaean 1758 start point, subjective synonym)
  78. Species Aphrodita paleacea Peters, 1864 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865 (subjective synonym)
  79. Species Aphrodita pedunculata Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
  80. Species Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
  81. Species Aphrodita punctata Müller, 1771 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
  82. Species Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
  83. Species Aphrodita raripapillata Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910 (subjective synonym)
  84. Species Aphrodita rostrata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766) (superseded original combination)
  85. Species Aphrodita roulei Horst, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita perarmata Roule, 1898 (subjective synonym)
  86. Species Aphrodita scabra Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
  87. Species Aphrodita solitaria Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910 (subjective synonym)
  88. Species Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded original combination)
  89. Species Aphrodita squamosa Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Euphione squamosa (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
  90. Species Aphrodita subrotunda Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, the name is not valid under ICZN Article 11.6.2)
  91. Species Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
  92. Species Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Scalisetosus communis (Delle Chiaje, 1851) (subjective synonym)
  93. Species Aphrodita violacea Strøm, 1768 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
  94. Species Aphrodita viridis Montagu, 1813 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
  95. Species Aphrodita annulata Pennant, 1777 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  96. Species Aphrodita clavigera Freminville, 1813 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  97. Species Aphrodita echidna Quatrefages, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  98. Species Aphrodita heptakera Otto, 1821 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not subsequently used?)
  99. Species Aphrodita hirta Otto, 1821 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not subsequently used?)
  100. Species Aphrodita modesta Quatrefages, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  101. Species Aphrodita scolopendra Bruguière, 1789 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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  PDF available [request]
Note Type species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus 1758....  
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Type species Type species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus 1758.
Linnaeus presented two species, Aphrodita squamata and Aphrodita aculeata. Hartman (1959 catalogue) has Aphrodita aculeata as type species ("genotype"). Pettibone (1963: 13) and later Hutchings & McRae (1993: 286) state that Malmgren (1867) designated the type species as Aphrodita aculeata, but this is not correct, and it is difficult to see why they assert that. Malmgren only presents a record for Aphrodita genus of A. aculeata, in which he included Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840. The other species named by Linnaeus, Aphrodita squamata, is regarded as a species of Lepidonotus Leach. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature

original description 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  PDF available [request]

original description (of Eruca Ruysch, 1721) Ruysch, Frederik [Fredericii Ruischii]. (1721). Thesaurus animalium primus : cum figuris aeneis = Het eerste cabinet der dieren. <em>[Book].</em> 42 pp, 7 plates, Apud Joannem Wolters, Amsterdam., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29962469 [details] 

original description (of Aphroditella Roule, 1898) Roule, Louis. (1898). Notice préliminaire sur les espèces d'Annélides recueillies dans les explorations sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4(4): 190-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5032573
page(s): 191; note: Introduces Aphroditella pallida nov. sp. There is no indication this is a new genus [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Halithea Savigny in 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): 306 [details] 

original description (of Aphrodita (Amphitus) Castelnau, 1842) Castelnau, F. L. de Laporte de. (1842). L'Histoire naturelle des Annélides. p.1-46, pls.1-7, in P.H. Lucas ed., Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. 1. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Myriopodes: Paris. 600 pp., 46 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33043318
page(s): 7 [details] 

original description (of Aphrodita (Cyanippa) Castelnau, 1842) Castelnau, F. L. de Laporte de. (1842). L'Histoire naturelle des Annélides. p.1-46, pls.1-7, in P.H. Lucas ed., Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. 1. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Myriopodes: Paris. 600 pp., 46 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33043318
page(s): 7 [details] 

original description (of Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details] 

original description (of Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866) 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 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Vermis Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905
page(s): 351 [details] 

Identification resource

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  PDF available [request]

Other

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] 

 
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Spelling often written as Aphrodite, but spelling is checked in the work of Linnaeus (1758). [details]

Type species Type species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus 1758.
Linnaeus presented two species, Aphrodita squamata and Aphrodita aculeata. Hartman (1959 catalogue) has Aphrodita aculeata as type species ("genotype"). Pettibone (1963: 13) and later Hutchings & McRae (1993: 286) state that Malmgren (1867) designated the type species as Aphrodita aculeata, but this is not correct, and it is difficult to see why they assert that. Malmgren only presents a record for Aphrodita genus of A. aculeata, in which he included Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840. The other species named by Linnaeus, Aphrodita squamata, is regarded as a species of Lepidonotus Leach. [details]
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LanguageName 
English sea mice  [details]
German SeemäuseFilzwürmer  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål salatsennepslekta [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk salatsennepslekta [from synonym]  [details]
Swedish erukor [from synonym]  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aphrodita) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eruca) (from synonym Eruca Ruysch, 1721)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hystrix) (from synonym Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hystrix) (from synonym Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mus) (from synonym Mus [informal 1748-56, NOT Mus sensu Linnaeus, 1758])
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mus) (from synonym Mus [informal 1748-56, NOT Mus sensu Linnaeus, 1758])
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Eruca Ruysch, 1721)
To Genbank (from synonym Aphroditella Roule, 1898)
To NHMUK collection (Eruca Mill; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8432265) (from synonym Eruca Ruysch, 1721)
To ITIS
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Linnaeus 1758 description of Aphrodita
Linnaeus 1758 description of Aphrodita
Image from typetaxon
colour figure from Seba (1734, plate 90)
colour figure from Seba (1734, plate 90)
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Original figure from Barrelier, 1714
Original figure from Barrelier, 1714
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Unreviewed
Sea-mouse - Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Sea-mouse - Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
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Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
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Fluwelen zeemuis
Fluwelen zeemuis
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Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1761
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1761
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Fluwelen zeemuis
Fluwelen zeemuis
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Fluwelen zeemuis
Fluwelen zeemuis
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Aphrodita aculeata
Aphrodita aculeata
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To NHMUK collection (Eruca Mill; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8432265)
To NHMUK collection (Eruca Mill; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8432265)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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