Genus Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aphrodita Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [655].

  Type species:

   Aphrodita aculeata Malmgren, 1867 by subsequent designation, see Malmgren, A.J. 1867. Annulata polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Grönlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 24: 127-255.
• Aphroditella Roule, L. 1898. Notice préliminaire sur les espèces d'Annélide recuellies dans les explorations sous-marines du TRAVAILLEUR et du TALISMAN. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4: 190-195 [191].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic, S oceanic, SE oceanic
• New Zealand
  • North Island
  • South Island

Palaearctic Region

• Japan
• Russia

Citations

Aphrodita.
—Pettibone, M.H. 1966. Heteraphrodita altoni, a new genus and species of polychaete worm (Polychaeta, Aphroditae) from deep water off Oregon, and a revison of the aphroditid genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79: 95–107 [96–97].
—Hutchings, P. & McRae, J. 1993. The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 45: 279–363 [285–286].

Aphroditella.
—Horst, R. 1917. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. Siboga-Expeditie, Leiden 24b: 1–143 [4].

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		07-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)