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Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853

337752  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337752)

uncertain > nomen dubium (probably a juvenile polynoid; fide Chambers & Muir, 1997: 171)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 169-170, plate XXIV fig. 13 [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337752 on 2026-06-21
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aphrodita velox Dalyell, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=337752 on 2026-06-21
Date
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2026-05-10 18:07:27Z
changed
Gil, Joćo

original description Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 169-170, plate XXIV fig. 13 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949
page(s): 372-377 [text as Scalisetosus communis], plate XXVI fig. 6, plate XXVII fig. 12, plate XXX fig. 9, plate XXXIII fig. 7, plate XXXIV fig. 1, plate XL figs. 17-19 [all figures as Scalisetosus pellucidus]; note: proposed synonymy with Scalisetosus communis (Delle Chiaje, 1841) sensu McIntosh, 1900 [= Subadyte pellucida (Ehlers, 1864)] [details] 

status source Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 171; note: "probably a juvenile polynoid" [details]