North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

colour figure from Seba (1734, plate 90)

AphiaID

129194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129194)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867

Original name

Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Aphroditella Roule, 1898 · unaccepted (junior unreplaced homonym, also a...)

junior unreplaced homonym, also a subjective synonym

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Species Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856
Species Aphrodita hastata Moore, 1905
Species Aphrodita perarmata Roule, 1898
Species Aphrodita annulata Pennant, 1777 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Aphrodita arcta Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864) (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840 accepted as Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita cirrosa Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835) (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita lepidota Pallas, 1766 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita longirostra Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita pedunculata Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita varians Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
Species Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Scalisetosus communis (Delle Chiaje, 1851) (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2026-01-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129194 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2020-01-22 21:20:04Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2025-05-01 15:50:39Z

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Gil, João

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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 655 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Aphroditella Roule, 1898) Roule, Louis. (1898). Notice préliminaire sur les espèces d'Annélides recueillies dans les explorations sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 4(4): 190-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5032573
page(s): 191; note: Introduces Aphroditella pallida nov. sp. There is no indication this is a new genus [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 655 [details]

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

identification resource Hutchings, Patricia A.; McRae, Jane. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum. 45(3): 279-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
page(s): 286-287; note: generic diagnosis; key to Indo-Pacific species [details] Available for editors