Horst, Rutger. (1916). Malayan species of the genera Aphroditella, Hermione, Laetmonice and Aphrogenia. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden). 2(2): 65-77.
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Horst, Rutger
1916
Malayan species of the genera <i>Aphroditella</i>, <i>Hermione</i>, <i>Laetmonice</i> and <i>Aphrogenia</i>
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Genus Aphroditella Roule 1).
Mc Intosh 2) in 1885 first described a minute Aphroditean-worm from the West-Indian abyss, the ventral bristles of which are "densely pilose almost to the terminal hook and provided with a spur as in Laetmatonice" (Aphrod. intermedia); two years thereafter Ehlers 3) among the Annelids of the Blake, from a depth of 1719 M., met with an Aphrodite, that possesses ventral bristles, provided on one side with a beard of hairs (Aphrod. obtecta). Finally Roule among the Annelids of the Travailleur and the Talisman found an Aphrodite from a depth of 1084 M., that also possesses ventral setae with a pinnate appearance; with the two preceding species he ranges this form in a new genus Aphroditella. Several species of this genus appear to be represented in the Malayan abyss.