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Polychaeta name details

Aphrodite aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758)

231869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231869)

 unaccepted (genus Aphrodita is misspelled)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodite aculeata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231869 on 2026-07-13
Date
action
by
2006-07-12 15:36:19Z
created
Camba Reu, Cibran
2007-12-12 09:42:54Z
changed
2016-07-29 04:58:25Z
checked
2022-04-06 04:22:08Z
changed

original description (of Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Frey, H. & R. Leuckart. (1847). Beiträge zur Kenntniss Wirbelloser Thiere mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna des Norddeutschen Meeres. [Contributions to the knowledge of invertebrates with special reference to the fauna of the North German Sea.]. <em>In: Beiträge zur Kenntnis wirbelloser Thiere. Brunswick, Viehweg und Sohn, Braunschweig: Freidrich Vieweg und Sohn. Pp. 1-170, pls. 1, 2.</em> [pp. 110-130]. [:165, Caligus leptochillus]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2128
page(s): 86; note: There are numerous instances of Aphrodite aculeata instead of Aphrodita aculeata. Here is Frey & Leuckart in 1847 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 88 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787
page(s): 50 [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling There are numerous instances of the use of Aphrodite aculeata instead of Aphrodita aculeata. Here is Frey & Leuckart in 1847: 80. The error is perhaps more likely in text flow, rather than formal description headings [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch zeemuis  [details]
French aphrodite  [details]