Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida > Family Enchytraeidae > Genus Enchytraeus

Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Enchytraeus*	Henle, 1837	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	von Bülow, T. (1957). Systematisch-autökologische Studien an eulitoralen Oligochaeten der Kimbrischen Halbinsel. Kieler Meeresforsch. 13(1): 69-116.
basis of record	Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, 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. 231-234
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Lasserre, P. (1971). The marine Enchytraeidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) of the eastern coast of North America with notes on their geographical distribution and habitat. Biol.Bull. 140:440-460.
additional source	Nielsen, C. O.; Christensen, B. (1959). The Enchytraeidae: critical revision and taxonomy of European species (Studies on Enchytraeidae VII). Natura Jutlandica. 8-9: 1-160.
additional source	Nielsen, C. O., Christensen, B. (1961). The Enchytraeidae. critical revision and taxonomy of European species. Supplement 1. Natura Jutlandica. 10(1): 1-23.
additional source	Healy, B. (1979). Records of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) in Ireland. Journal of Life Sciences of the Royal Dublin Society. 1: 39-70.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137404

Dr. Emilia Rota. Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc586d58-2cf1-4230-888a-4fa7b6c5a454