Aphrodita aculeata (sea mouse)

Query: iconographia zoologica

Result: 18^th of 1525

Subject:	Aphrodita aculeata (sea mouse)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Aphrodita aculeata
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Aphrodita aculeata
New Latin name Aphrodita aculeata
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aphrodita_aculeata_-_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBAINV0274_102_02_0005.tif

Aphrodita aculeata - sea mouse
The sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeata) is a marine polychaete worm found in the North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean. It has an oval-shaped body covered in iridescent setae, and it feeds on small crabs and other worms. At depths of over 3,000 meters, the sea mice thrive in the deep sea.

Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Aphroditidae
Genus: Aphrodita
Species: Aphrodita aculeata Linnaeus, 1758

iconographia zoologica
18/1525

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