Aphrodita - Wikipedia
Aphrodita is a genus of marine polychaete worms found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. [2] Several members of the genus are known as "sea mice". The name of the genus is taken from Aphrodite, the Ancient Greek goddess of love, said to be because of a resemblance to human female genitalia. [3] .
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2025年1月8日 · There are greatly modified parapodia in Aphrodite. There are three types of setae present in notopodia. The organism is identified on the basis of these setae:- Soft setae- These setae forms the creeping sole of ventral surface. stiff setae -These soft notopodial setae are modified into the felt like covering of dorsal surface. iridescent setae.
Sea mouse | Marine Worm, Polychaete & Bristle Worm | Britannica
sea mouse, (Aphrodita), any of a genus of marine worms of the class Polychaeta (phylum Annelida), named for their mouselike appearance and behaviour. Sea mice are usually 7.5–15 centimetres (3–6 inches) long; however, some attain a length of 30 centimetres (12 inches).
APHRODITIDAE MALMGREN, 1867 | Annelida | Oxford Academic
2022年1月14日 · Described by Linnaeus (1758), Aphrodita is among the oldest introduced generic annelid names. One characteristic feature of Aphrodita is the presence of fine capillary notochaetae that form a felt over the dorsum.
Structure of Sea Mouse (Aphrodite) | Zoology - Biology …
In this article we will discuss about the structure of Sea Mouse (Aphrodite) with the help of a diagram. 1. Marine animals commonly called “Sea mouse” and found buried in the muddy, bottoms of the sea. 2. Body elliptical and bears a distinct head. 3. Triploblastic, bilaterally symmetrical, metamerically segmented and coelomate animals. 4.
Aphrodita japonica Marenzeller, 1879 - Walla Walla University
Aphrodita japonica captured at 70 m depth west of Yellow Island, WA from a soft bottom. Description: Members of Family Aphroditidae have a wide, flat dorsal surface nearly or completely covered with a tangle of elongated notosetae which are so long and narrow that they look like a feltlike tangle of coarse, dark hairs.
Annelida: History, Characters and Classification - Biology …
In Aphrodite there is a spacious coelom lined with cilia which bring about circulation, it has developed at the expense of the blood system. In Oligochaeta the large perivisceral coelom is divided into compartments by septa lying inter-segmentally …
WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aphrodite [auctt.]
Spelling It is uncertain if all these "Aphrodite" variants exist in literature. However, for example Quatrefages (1866) used informal names in headings (eg Aphrodite echidne for Aphrodita echidna), along with the formal Aphrodita latin name.
Hairy and iridescent chaetae of the sea mouse Aphrodita (Annelida ...
2021年7月1日 · Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1767 is one of the best-known annelid species, with a species description even predating Linnaeus (as Eruca echinata Barrelier ). The most characteristic feature of these animals is the feltage that covers them dorsally.
Hairy and iridescent chaetae of the sea mouse Aphrodita (Annelida ...
2021年7月1日 · Aphroditiformia represents one of the most successful radiations of annelids, and is therefore an interesting model to understand morphological and functional evolution.