Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida

Capitellidae Grube, 1862

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Baldia Garwood & Bamber, 1988
Capitella Blainville, 1828
Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919
Dasybranchus Grube, 1850
Heteromastus Eisig, 1887
Leiocapitella Hartman, 1947
Leiochrides Augener, 1914
Mastobranchus Eisig, 1887
Mediomastus Hartman, 1944
Neopseudocapitella Rullier & Amoureux, 1979
Notomastus M. Sars, 1851
Paracapitella Kirkegaard, 1983
Peresiella Harmelin, 1968
Pseudocapitella Fauvel, 1913
Pseudoleiocapitella Harmelin, 1964
Pseudonotomastus Warren & Parker, 1994
Saenuris Grube, 1860

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: capitellid worms sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Kopfringler sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: イトゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Grube, A.E. 1862. Noch ein Wort über die Capitellen und ihre Stelle im Systeme der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 28(1): 366-378.
additional source	García-Garza, María Elena; De León-González, Jesus Angel. 2011. Review of the Capitellidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific region, with notes on selected species. ZooKeys 151(0): 17-52.
taxonomy source	Ewing, R. Michael. (1984). Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Chapter Pagination: 14.1-14.47, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
taxonomy source	Tomioka, Shinri; Kakui, Keiichi; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2018). Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Capitellidae (Annelida). Zoological Science. 35(5): 436-445.
taxonomy source	Ewing, R. Michael. (1984). Generic revision of Mastobranchus and Peresiella (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 97(4): 792-800.
taxonomy source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
identification resource	Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2012). Capitellidae Grube, 1862 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Hawaiian Islands with description of two new species. Zootaxa. 3581(1): 1-52.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Capitellidae Grube, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=921