World Register of Deep-Sea species - Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998

Deep-Sea taxon details

Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998

AphiaID

326510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326510)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf
page(s): 16-17, figs. 3-8 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Holotype NIWA 7573, NIWA H-677, geounit Ross Sea

Holotype NIWA 7573 [details]

Holotype NIWA H-677, geounit Ross Sea [details]

, Note Antarctic Ocean, Ross Sea, Pennell Bank

From editor or global species database

Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Ross Sea, Pennell Bank [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search

Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326510 on 2026-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326510 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf
page(s): 16-17, figs. 3-8 [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype NIWA 7573 [details]

Holotype NIWA H-677, geounit Ross Sea [details]

From editor or global species database

Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]

Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Ross Sea, Pennell Bank [details]

Definitions