Deep-Sea name details
Aphrodite [auctt.]
324798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324798)
unaccepted (variant spelling)
Genus
- Species Aphrodite aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (genus Aphrodita is misspelled)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758) 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. Aphrodite [auctt.]. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324798 on 2026-01-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aphrodite [auctt.]. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324798 on 2026-01-07
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(of Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758) 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
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
note: Hartman records Aphrodite as a variant spelling of Aphrodita, but her style was to autocorrect obvious incorrect spellings, so the examples are not documented in her catalogue. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
note: Hartman records Aphrodite as a variant spelling of Aphrodita, but her style was to autocorrect obvious incorrect spellings, so the examples are not documented in her catalogue. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling It is uncertain if all these "Aphrodite" variants exist in literature. However, for example Quatrefages (1866) used informal names in headings (eg Aphrodite echidne for Aphrodita echidna), along with the formal Aphrodita latin name. Subsequent authors may have used these informal names or used the informal genus spelling. [details]
