Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Phyllodocida > Aphroditidae > Aphrodita > Aphrodita aculeataAphrodita aculeata (Sea mouse; fluwelen zeemuis; Aphrodite; Seemaus)Synonyms: Aphrodita borealis; Aphrodita elliptica versicolor; Aphrodita nitens; Aphrodita subrotunda; Aphrodite aculeata; Aphroditella pallida; Eruca echinata; Eruca marina; Halithea aurata; Halithea sericea; Hystrix marina; Milnesia nuda; Mus marinus; Vermis aureus Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, is a marine polychaete worm found in the North Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean. The sea mouse normally lies buried head-first in the sand. It has been found at depths of over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Loch Creran |
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3030 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Margate and Long Sands |
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160406 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann Traigh) |
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11260 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sullom Voe |
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6668 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 2Diet, growth and reproduction of four flatfishes on the Portuguese coast, CÉLIA M. TEIXEIRA, MARISA I. BATISTA and HENRIQUE N. CABRAL, Scientia Marina 74(2) June 2010, 223-233 ♦ 3Feeding habits of common pandora Pagellus erythrinus (Sparidae) from eastern central Adriatic Sea, Mate Šantić, Antonela Paladin & Biljana Rađa, Cybium 2011, 35(2): 83-90 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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