---
title: "Rato-do-mar"
description: "Aphrodita aculeata — Outros animais. Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, is a marine polychaete worm found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the North, Baltic, and Mediterranean Seas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sea-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rato-do-mar

> Aphrodita aculeata — Outros animais. Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, is a marine polychaete worm found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the North,  Baltic, and Mediterranean Seas.

- Scientific name: *Aphrodita aculeata*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 236
- Wikidata: [Q1569834](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569834)
- iNaturalist taxon: [361645](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361645)

## Names

- en: Sea Mouse
- de: Seemaus
- fr: Aphrodite épineuse
- nl: Zeemuis
- pt: Rato-do-mar

## Countries with the most observations

GB (149), IE (16), FR (11), FO (4), SE (4), DE (3), NO (3)

## Summary

Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, is a marine polychaete worm found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the North,  Baltic, and Mediterranean Seas. The sea mouse normally lies buried head-first in the sand. It has been found at depths over 3,000 m (9,800 ft).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodita_aculeata

## Photo

![Rato-do-mar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sea-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188396731

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sea-mouse?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).