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Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

1330909 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1330909)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditidae (Family)
  8. Aphrodita (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867
Aphrodite Link, 1807 · unaccepted
Aphrodite Leske, 1775 · unaccepted
Aphrodite [auctt.] · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Aphroditella Roule, 1898 · unaccepted (junior unreplaced homonym, also a...)  
junior unreplaced homonym, also a subjective synonym
Eruca [Ruysch, 1721] · unaccepted > unavailable name (pre-Linnaean name)
Halithea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted > unavailable name (Published in Synonymy, Not...)  
Published in Synonymy, Not Subsequently Treated as Valid Before 1961
Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym fide...)  
junior subjective synonym fide Pettibone (1966)
Vermis Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Aphrodita abyssalis Kirkegaard, 1995
  2. Species Aphrodita abyssalis Kirkegaard, 1996
  3. Species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Species Aphrodita acuminata Ehlers, 1887
  5. Species Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856
  6. Species Aphrodita annulata Pennant, 1777
  7. Species Aphrodita aphroditoides (McIntosh, 1885)
  8. Species Aphrodita armadillo Bosc, 1802
  9. Species Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910
  10. Species Aphrodita audouini Castelnau, 1842
  11. Species Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
  12. Species Aphrodita bamarookis Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  13. Species Aphrodita bisetosa Rozbaczylo & Canahuire, 2000
  14. Species Aphrodita brevitentaculata Essenberg, 1917
  15. Species Aphrodita californica Essenberg, 1917
  16. Species Aphrodita castanea Moore, 1910
  17. Species Aphrodita clavigera Freminville, 1812
  18. Species Aphrodita complanata Pallas, 1766
  19. Species Aphrodita daiyumaruae Imajima, 2005
  20. Species Aphrodita decipiens (Horst, 1916)
  21. Species Aphrodita defendens Chamberlin, 1919
  22. Species Aphrodita diplops Fauchald, 1977
  23. Species Aphrodita echidna Quatrefages, 1866
  24. Species Aphrodita elliptica
  25. Species Aphrodita falcifera Hartman, 1939
  26. Species Aphrodita flava Pallas, 1766
  27. Species Aphrodita floresiana (Horst, 1916)
  28. Species Aphrodita goolmarris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  29. Species Aphrodita hastata Moore, 1905
  30. Species Aphrodita haswelli Johnston, 1908
  31. Species Aphrodita hoptakero Otto in Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
  32. Species Aphrodita intermedia McIntosh, 1885
  33. Species Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
  34. Species Aphrodita kulmaris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  35. Species Aphrodita limosa (Horst, 1916)
  36. Species Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1855
  37. Species Aphrodita longipalpa Essenberg, 1917
  38. Species Aphrodita macroculata Imajima, 2001
  39. Species Aphrodita magellanica Malard, 1891
  40. Species Aphrodita malayana (Horst, 1916)
  41. Species Aphrodita malkaris Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  42. Species Aphrodita maorica Benham, 1900
  43. Species Aphrodita marombis Hutchings & McRae, 1993
  44. Species Aphrodita mexicana Kudenov, 1975
  45. Species Aphrodita modesta Quatrefages, 1866
  46. Species Aphrodita negligens Moore, 1905
  47. Species Aphrodita nipponensis Imajima, 2003
  48. Species Aphrodita obtecta Ehlers, 1887
  49. Species Aphrodita paleacea Peters, 1864
  50. Species Aphrodita parva Moore, 1905
  51. Species Aphrodita perarmata Roule, 1898
  52. Species Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910
  53. Species Aphrodita rossi Knox & Cameron, 1998
  54. Species Aphrodita roulei Horst, 1917
  55. Species Aphrodita scolopendra Bruguière, 1789
  56. Species Aphrodita sericea Castelnau, 1842
  57. Species Aphrodita sibogae (Horst, 1916)
  58. Species Aphrodita sondaica Grube, 1875
  59. Species Aphrodita sonorae Kudenov, 1975
  60. Species Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages, 1866
  61. Species Aphrodita terraereginae Haswell, 1883
  62. Species Aphrodita tosaensis Imajima, 2001
  63. Species Aphrodita watasei Izuka, 1912
  64. Species Aphrodita arcta Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864)
  65. Species Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
  66. Species Aphrodita carunculata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766)
  67. Species Aphrodita centenes Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Aphrodita australis Baird, 1865
  68. Species Aphrodita cirrata Müller, 1776 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  69. Species Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Gattyana cirrosa (Malmgren, 1865)
  70. Species Aphrodita cirrosa Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835)
  71. Species Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 accepted as Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808)
  72. Species Aphrodita cryptommata Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
  73. Species Aphrodita echinus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird, 1865)
  74. Species Aphrodita filamentosa Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
  75. Species Aphrodita hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Halithea hystrix Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
  76. Species Aphrodita imbricata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  77. Species Aphrodita imbricata Treadwell, 1926 accepted as Gattyana cirrosa (Malmgren, 1865)
  78. Species Aphrodita leioseta Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879
  79. Species Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  80. Species Aphrodita longa O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Pholoe longa (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  81. Species Aphrodita longirostra Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  82. Species Aphrodita longirostris Monro, 1936 accepted as Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1855
  83. Species Aphrodita magna Treadwell, 1925 accepted as Aphrodita longicornis Kinberg, 1855
  84. Species Aphrodita mathei Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Hermione mathei (Quatrefages, 1866)
  85. Species Aphrodita mediterranea Costa, 1857 accepted as Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
  86. Species Aphrodita minuta Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780)
  87. Species Aphrodita nitens Linnaeus, 1746 in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
  88. Species Aphrodita pedunculata Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  89. Species Aphrodita plana Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  90. Species Aphrodita punctata Müller, 1771 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  91. Species Aphrodita punctata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
  92. Species Aphrodita raripapillata Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita armifera Moore, 1910
  93. Species Aphrodita rostrata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766)
  94. Species Aphrodita scabra Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
  95. Species Aphrodita solitaria Essenberg, 1917 accepted as Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910
  96. Species Aphrodita squamata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  97. Species Aphrodita squamatus Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  98. Species Aphrodita squamosa Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Euphione squamosa (Quatrefages, 1866)
  99. Species Aphrodita subrotunda Hill, 1752 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
  100. Species Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  101. Species Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Scalisetosus communis (Delle Chiaje, 1851)
  102. Species Aphrodita violacea Ström in Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  103. Species Aphrodita viridis Montagu, 1815 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 655 [details] 
IRMNG (2026). Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330909 on 2026-08-26
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 655 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Pleijel, 2001 [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Pleijel, 2001 [details] 

habitat flag source Wilson, R. S.; Hutchings, P. A.; Glasby, C. J. (2003). Polychaetes: an interactive identification guide. CD-ROM + booklet. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. [details] 

original description (of Aphrodia Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832) Ann. Sci, Nat. Paris, 27
page(s): 410 [details] 

original description (of Aphrodite Link, 1807) Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock, (3
page(s): 159 [details] 

original description (of Aphroditella Roule, 1898) Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 4
page(s): 191 [details] 

original description (of Amphitus Castelnau, 1840) Castelnau, F.L. (1842). L'Histoire naturelle des Annélides. p.1-46, pls.1-7, in P.H. Lucas ed., Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. 1. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Myriopodes: Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33043318
page(s): 7 [details] 

original description (of Vermis Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details] 

original description (of Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details] 

original description (of Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866) in Quatrefages (Vaillant), Hist. Nat. Annel., 1, 1865
page(s): 211 [details] 

original description (of Halithea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 306 [details] 

original description (of Aphrodites van Beneden, 1871) Mém. Acad. Sci. Belgique, 38
page(s): 18 [details] 

original description (of Aphrodite Leske, 1775) Physiol. an., xv. [details] 
To WoRMS (from synonym Aphroditella Roule, 1898)
To WoRMS (from synonym Halithea Lamarck, 1818)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Milnesia Quatrefages, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Amphitus Castelnau, 1840)
To WoRMS (from synonym Eruca [Ruysch, 1721])
To WoRMS (from synonym Vermis Claparède, 1868)
To WoRMS (from synonym Hystrix Redi in Claparède, 1868)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aphrodite [auctt.])
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