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Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856

129841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129841)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Annelida
  4. Polychaeta
  5. Errantia
  6. Phyllodocida
  7. Aphroditiformia
  8. Aphroditidae
  9. Aphrodita
  10. Aphrodita alta
accepted
Species
Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 381 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129841 on 2026-07-09
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129841 on 2026-07-09
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2007-01-22 09:31:04Z
checked
Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 381 [details] 

taxonomy source Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 9:285-329., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006794439/en
page(s): 287-288; note: range extension to South China Sea [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source McIntosh, W. C. (1925). A second contribution to the marine polychaetes of South Africa. <em>Union South African Fisheries Marine Biological Survey, Report.</em> 5(4): 1-93, plates I-X.
page(s): 18; note: Record and descriptions as Aphrodita near alta Kinberg from offshore South Africa [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Fauvel, Pierre; Rullier, Francois. (1957). Nouvelle contribution a la faune des Annélides Polychètes du Sénégal (Première partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique noire.</em> 19(1): 24-96.
page(s): 44; note: record (genus misspelled) for Aphrodita alta from Senegal, West Africa (Sud de Gorée) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription Kinberg, J. G. H. (1858). Annulater [scale worms]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. Zoology.</em> 1(2): 1-32. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser. Almquist & Wicksells. Uppsala & Stockholm.
page(s): 2; note: The 1856 short preliminary description is followed by a longer 1858 description [details] 

redescription Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. (2000). Review of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 and Aphroditella Roule, 1898 (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 53(2): 131-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.2000.10409443
page(s): 136-137 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

new combination reference Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina II. Aphroditidae. <em>Physis.</em> 31(83): 503-518.
page(s): 511-516; note: as Aphroditella alta.-Orensanz, 1972 comb. nov. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphrodita alto USNM 57558 dorsal view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aphrodita alto USNM 57558 ventral view) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 55175) 
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