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Polychaeta name details

Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766

155281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155281)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Aphroditidae (Family)
  9. Aphrodita (Genus)
  10. Aphrodita cirrhosa (Species)
 unaccepted (basionym)
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
Species
Gattyana McIntosh, 1897
 Nychia Malmgren, 1865
Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pallas, P. S. [Peter Simon]. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. <em>[Book] Hagí Comitum., xii.</em> 224: 14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321032, https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 95-97, plate VIII figs. 3-6 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in West Europe  
type locality contained in West Europe [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, western Europe  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, western Europe [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155281 on 2026-08-16
Date
action
by
2005-04-25 07:40:18Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2008-03-26 07:46:44Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-09-05 08:47:32Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

original description Pallas, P. S. [Peter Simon]. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. <em>[Book] Hagí Comitum., xii.</em> 224: 14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321032, https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 95-97, plate VIII figs. 3-6 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] 

source of synonymy McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, western Europe [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) 
To ITIS
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