WoRMS taxon details
original description
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353 page(s): 376-380, plate XXXII figs. 76-84 [details]
original description
(of Aphrodita solitaria Essenberg, 1917) Essenberg, Christine. (1917). On some new species of Aphroditidae from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 16(22): 401-430, plates 31-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29548523 [details]
basis of record
Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254 [details]
additional source
Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 page(s): 14-17 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NMNH 17265, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Imajima (2003) lists Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910 in synonymy with Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879 but without examination of type material and without listing original source. The synonymy is not accepted until an original authority is located. [details]
Type locality off Point Pinos lighthouse, Monterey Bay, California, USA, Albatross Stn 4464, 36°38'N 121°55'W, 66-93 m [details]
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