WoRMS name details
Aphroditella mongolica Horst, 1916
326527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326527)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Aphroditella Roule, 1898 accepted as Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Horst, Rutger. (1916). Malayan species of the genera <i>Aphroditella</i>, <i>Hermione</i>, <i>Laetmonice</i> and <i>Aphrogenia</i>. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 2(2): 65-77., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318515
page(s): 67; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 67; note: no figures [details]
Holotype ZMA VPol 73, geounit Indonesia
, Note north of Sulu Island, Indonesian Archipelago,...
Holotype ZMA VPol 73, geounit Indonesia [details]
Type locality north of Sulu Island, Indonesian Archipelago, Stn 105, 6°8'N l21°l9'E, 275 m (ZMA V.Pol 73) [details]
Type material According to the USNM data portal, that museum holds a specimen also from the type locality, USNM 55187, and labelled syntype of Aphroditella mongolica . Perhaps it is a dissected part from a ZMA syntype? Hutchings & McRae (1993) were unaware of the USNM "type" material but the data portal did not exist in 1993. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Aphroditella mongolica Horst, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326527 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Horst, Rutger. (1916). Malayan species of the genera <i>Aphroditella</i>, <i>Hermione</i>, <i>Laetmonice</i> and <i>Aphrogenia</i>. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 2(2): 65-77., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318515
page(s): 67; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 67; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hutchings, Patricia A.; McRae, Jane. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 45(3): 279-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
page(s): 293-294 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMA VPol 73, geounit Indonesia [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality north of Sulu Island, Indonesian Archipelago, Stn 105, 6°8'N l21°l9'E, 275 m (ZMA V.Pol 73) [details]Type material According to the USNM data portal, that museum holds a specimen also from the type locality, USNM 55187, and labelled syntype of Aphroditella mongolica . Perhaps it is a dissected part from a ZMA syntype? Hutchings & McRae (1993) were unaware of the USNM "type" material but the data portal did not exist in 1993. [details]