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Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840

336287  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336287)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Aphroditidae (Family)
  9. Aphrodita (Genus)
  10. Aphrodita borealis (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, George. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids [article 43]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (series 1): 368-375, plates10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 368-370, plate X figs. 1-13 [details] 
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Orkney or Shetland, Atlantic Ocean  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Orkney or Shetland, Atlantic Ocean [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed  
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphrodita borealis Johnston, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336287 on 2025-04-17
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Johnston, George. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica British Annelids [article 43]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (series 1): 368-375, plates10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3386311
page(s): 368-370, plate X figs. 1-13 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 3; note: synonymy with Aphrodita aculeata, after revision of the type of Aphrodita borealis, deposited in the British Museum, UK. [details] 

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 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London ? [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]

Type locality Orkney or Shetland, Atlantic Ocean [details]
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