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Genus
Aphroditella Roule
1).
Mc Intosh
2) in 1885 first described a minute Aphroditean-worm from the West-Indian abyss, the ventral bristles of which are "densely pilose almost to the terminal hook and provided with a spur as in
Laetmatonice" (
Aphrod. intermedia); two years thereafter Ehlers
3) among the Annelids of the Blake, from a depth of 1719 M., met with an
Aphrodite, that possesses ventral bristles, provided on one side with a beard of hairs (
Aphrod. obtecta). Finally Roule among the Annelids of the Travailleur and the Talisman found an
Aphrodite from a depth of 1084 M., that also possesses ventral setae with a pinnate appearance; with the two preceding species he ranges this form in a new genus
Aphroditella. Several species of this genus appear to be represented in the Malayan abyss.