Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Capitellidae

Capitella Blainville, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Capitomastus Eisig, 1887 heterotypic synonym

Children

Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
Capitella giardi (Mesnil, 1897)
Capitella hermaphrodita Boletzky & Dohle, 1967
Capitella minima Langerhans, 1881

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 French: capitelle

Literature

original description

Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des differens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connaisance, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Volume 57. 628FG Levrault. Strasbourg & Paris.

basis of record

Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231

additional source

Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta

additional 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

additional source

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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External Links

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Capitella Blainville, 1828. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129211

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-12-25 by Geoffrey Read

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