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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)

accepted
Genus
Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Aphroditella Roule, 1898 · unaccepted (junior unreplaced homonym, also a...)  
junior unreplaced homonym, also a subjective synonym

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  1. Species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Species Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856
  3. Species Aphrodita hastata Moore, 1905
  4. Species Aphrodita perarmata Roule, 1898
  5. Species Aphrodita annulata Pennant, 1777 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  6. Species Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium, probably a juvenile polynoid; fide Chambers & Muir, 1997: 171)
  7. Species Aphrodita arcta Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864) (subjective synonym)
  8. Species Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
  9. Species Aphrodita cirrosa Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835) (subjective synonym)
  10. Species Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
  11. Species Aphrodita longirostra Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
  12. Species Aphrodita pedunculata Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
  13. Species Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2026-06-19
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2026-06-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2020-01-22 21:20:04Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2025-05-01 15:50:39Z
changed
Gil, João

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

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  PDF available
 
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