#Aphroditidae

• Aphrodita — A genus of marine polychaete worms within the family Aphroditidae, distributed across the sandy or muddy bottoms of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. The most well-known representative is Aphrodita aculeata (the sea mouse), an organism remarkable for its body covered in long, silky bristles that exhibit a spectacular phenomenon of structural photonic iridescence under light.