Aphrodita aculeata

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -39 meters (-128 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aphrodita

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. japonica (Sea Mouse)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:

• NLBIF, Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Noordzee
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine benthic dataset
• commissioned by UKOOA
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
• held by MarLIN.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-64366
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5213960
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 64366
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 502429

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 391.920 based on 1,765 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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