Aphroditidae
Also known as: Guldmus, Scaleworms, Sea Mice, Sea Mouse/mice, Seemäuse, Seeraupen, musmaskar, scaleworms
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Annelida |
| Class | Polychaeta |
| Order | Phyllodocida |
| Family | Aphroditidae |
| Published in | Malmgren, A. J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13358 |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 12 |
| Species records held | 125 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 160 |
| GBIF key | 3579 |
Genera in Aphroditidae
- Aphrodita — 55 species: Aphrodita abyssalis, Aphrodita aculeata, Aphrodita acuminata, Aphrodita alta, Aphrodita annulata, Aphrodita aphroditoides, Aphrodita armifera, Aphrodita audouini
- Laetmonice — 29 species: Laetmonice arenifera, Laetmonice batheia, Laetmonice benthaliana, Laetmonice brachyceras, Laetmonice brevihastata, Laetmonice britannica, Laetmonice conchifera, Laetmonice dolichoceras
- Pontogenia — 18 species: Pontogenia araeoceras, Pontogenia augeneri, Pontogenia chrysocoma, Pontogenia curva, Pontogenia dentata, Pontogenia indica, Pontogenia laeviseta, Pontogenia lichaucoi
- Palaeoaphrodite — 6 species: Palaeoaphrodite adeliae, Palaeoaphrodite anaboranoensis, Palaeoaphrodite briggsiana, Palaeoaphrodite gallica, Palaeoaphrodite libanotica, Palaeoaphrodite raetica
- Aphrogenia — 4 species: Aphrogenia alba, Aphrogenia margaritacea, Aphrogenia nigropunctata, Aphrogenia villosa
- Hermione — 4 species: Hermione fallax, Hermione hystricella, Hermione kinbergi, Hermione mathei
- Hermonia — 3 species: Hermonia bicolor, Hermonia erinaceus, Hermonia malleata
- Heteraphrodita — 2 species: Heteraphrodita altoni, Heteraphrodita intermedia
- Halogenia — 1 species: Halogenia callisto
- Hermionopsis — 1 species: Hermionopsis levisetosa
- Homaphrodite — 1 species: Homaphrodite speciosa
- Palmyra — 1 species: Palmyra aurifera
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.