Aphrodita australis

Baird, 1865 · species

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Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Phyllodocida/Aphroditidae/Aphrodita

At a glance

Occurrence records436

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections37

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Aphrodita australis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility208 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System228 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI37 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS436 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 5 countries37 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Aphrodita australis is een borstelworm uit de familie Aphroditidae. Het lichaam van de worm bestaat uit een kop, een cilindrisch, gesegmenteerd lichaam en een staartstukje. De kop bestaat uit een prostomium en een peristomium en draagt gepaarde aanhangsels. Aphrodita australis werd in 1865 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Baird.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aphrodita australis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections37

Countries5

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type436 records

Wild obs. + sensor218

Museum / vouchered216

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO676 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit47

200–1000 m twilight2

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 9 m · max 260 m · 49 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 9≤10 km 1

19 georeferenced · 199 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor218

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 19≤10 km 24>10 km 6

53 georeferenced · 163 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence216

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
ARMS-MBONlocation not on record	37
Sydney, AU	22
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	17
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	12
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	8
Museums Victorialocation not on record	8
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	3
Auckland, NZ	2
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	2
QVMAGlocation not on record	2
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	1
Natick, US	1
Washington, US	1

14 institutions · 118 of 216 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA37 detections

Where the DNA of Aphrodita australis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found37

Studies independent surveys1

Countries5

Verifiable raw sequence linked37

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 37 detections have coordinates

Open the map5 countries0

Marina/Harbour; semi-industrial; 9.6 - Subti…Marine Protected Area; protected; 9.2 - Subt…Marina; semi-industrial; 9.2 - Subtidal Rock…Research site; semi-industrial; 9.5 - Subtid…Long-Term Ecological Research Site; LHI (Low…

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median14.2 °C 6.00–24.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.3 °C

Max temp (day)15.6 °C 8.00–25.4

Min temp (night)13.0 °C 3.60–20.6

Precipitation49.8 mm/mo 47.0–75.1

Air humidity61.8 % 57.2–65.2

Moisture balance-62.4 mm/mo -82.0–-25.3

Vapour deficit565 Pa 370–1,280

Wind speed5.30 m/s 2.90–6.10

Cloud cover42.8 % 35.3–58.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 37 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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