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Polychaeta name detailsAphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840
336287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336287)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine,
recent only
Johnston, George. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids [article 43]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4 (series 1): 368-375, plates10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 368-370, plate X figs. 1-13 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Orkney or Shetland, Atlantic Ocean [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336287 on 2026-05-07
Date action by
original description
Johnston, George. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids [article 43]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4 (series 1): 368-375, plates10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 368-370, plate X figs. 1-13 [details] source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 page(s): 3; note: synonymy with Aphrodita aculeata, after revision of the type of Aphrodita borealis, deposited in the British Museum, UK. [details] source of synonymy McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1876). On British Annelida. Part I. Euphrosynidae, Amphinomidae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae, and Sigalionidae. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 9(7): 371-394, plates LXVII-LXX., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28910942 page(s): 374; note: synonymy with Aphrodita aculeata as the juvenile of this species, after revision of Dr. Johnston's specimens from Berwick Bay in the British Museum [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
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