Aphrodita japonica — The Life Data

Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Phyllodocida/Aphroditidae/Aphrodita

At a glance

Occurrence records331

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility204 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System127 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS331 records

01Narrative

Aphrodita japonica 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 japonica werd in 1879 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Marenzeller.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type331 records

Wild obs. + sensor9

Museum / vouchered316

Other6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO700 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit48

200–1000 m twilight29

1–4 km midnight2

>4 km abyssal0

median 119 m · max 1 207 m · 79 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9

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 accuracy44% within 1 km

≤100 m 22≤1 km 40≤10 km 65>10 km 14

141 georeferenced · 175 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence316

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 institutions9 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	55
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record	38
Washington, US	29
Victoria, CA	18
CASlocation not on record	18
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	12
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	7
Edmonton, CA	5
Cambridge, US	3
Tapachula, MX	2
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record	2
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX	1
Toronto, CA	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

16 institutions · 194 of 316 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code