African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS name details

Aphroditoidea

AphiaID

935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:935)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium (superfluous name, no longer required as nominal superfamily)

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Aphroditiformia

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphroditoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=935 on 2025-06-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2007-01-18 14:44:44Z

changed

Barnich, Ruth

2010-03-03 21:39:55Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2012-09-19 03:31:54Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2014-08-14 23:23:02Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

basis of record Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Editor's comment The former Aproditiformia superfamilies are unnecessary. As Chrysopetalacea (in part) and Pisionacea are redundant disused names, then Aphroditoidea, the nominal superfamily for Aphroditiformia suborder, is similarly a redundant intermediate rank. It is set aside as invalid while currently unused. [details]