Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Aphroditidae > Genus Aphrodita

Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aphrodita*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Halithea*	Savigny in Lamarck, 1818	objective synonym

Literature

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].
redescription	Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. (2000). Review of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 and Aphroditella Roule, 1898 (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae). Ophelia. 53(2): 131-140.
new combination reference	Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina II. Aphroditidae. Physis. 31(83): 503-518.
taxonomy source	Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. Species Diversity. 9:285-329.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129841