WoRMS taxon details

Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910

326488  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326488)

accepted
Species
Aphrodita raripapillata Essenberg, 1917 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aphrodite raripapillata Essenberg, 1917 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 371-375, Plate XXXI figs. 65-66, Plate XXXII figs. 67-75 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  NMNH USNM 16849, geounit Pacific Coast of the...  
Holotype NMNH USNM 16849, geounit Pacific Coast of the United States [details]
Note Monterey Bay, off Point Pinos lighthouse,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Monterey Bay, off Point Pinos lighthouse, California, USA, Albatross Stn 4557, 36°45'N 122°00'W, 9 June 1904, 51-73 m, (USNM 16849) [details]
Taxonomic remark Hutchings & McRae (1993) re-examined the type material (USNM 16849) and rejected the synonymy of A. armifera Moore with ...  
Taxonomic remark Hutchings & McRae (1993) re-examined the type material (USNM 16849) and rejected the synonymy of A. armifera Moore with A. talpa Quatrefages earlier proposed by Fauvel (1926). Hutchings & McRae (1993) stated A. armifera "clearly differs from" A. talpa, however no redescription or other comments were provided of the type of A. armifera [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326488 on 2024-04-24
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original description Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 371-375, Plate XXXI figs. 65-66, Plate XXXII figs. 67-75 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodita raripapillata Essenberg, 1917) Essenberg, Christine. (1917). On some new species of Aphroditidae from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 16(22): 401-430, plates 31-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29548523 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aphrodite raripapillata Essenberg, 1917) Essenberg, Christine. (1917). On some new species of Aphroditidae from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 16(22): 401-430, plates 31-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29548523 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

identification resource Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254
page(s): 20-21 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NMNH USNM 16849, geounit Pacific Coast of the United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Taxonomic remark Hutchings & McRae (1993) re-examined the type material (USNM 16849) and rejected the synonymy of A. armifera Moore with A. talpa Quatrefages earlier proposed by Fauvel (1926). Hutchings & McRae (1993) stated A. armifera "clearly differs from" A. talpa, however no redescription or other comments were provided of the type of A. armifera [details]

Type locality Monterey Bay, off Point Pinos lighthouse, California, USA, Albatross Stn 4557, 36°45'N 122°00'W, 9 June 1904, 51-73 m, (USNM 16849) [details]