Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > 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

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].
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231
additional source	Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Barnich, R. and 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.
source of synonymy	Orensanz, José María 1972. Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina. II. Aphroditidae. Physis, 31(83): 503-518.
redescription	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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

Fauchald, K. (2014). Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129841