Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Chrysopetalidae > Subfamily Dysponetinae > Genus Dysponetus

Dysponetus caecus (Langerhans, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dysponetus*	Levinsen, 1879	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chrysopetalum caecum*	Langerhans, 1880	synonym

Literature

additional source	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: 214-231.
additional source	Ravara, Ascensão; Aguado, María Teresa; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Génio, Luciana; Cunha, Marina R. (2019). Description of a new genus and species of Chrysopetalidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the NE Atlantic, with some further records of related species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 539:1-21.
additional source	Watson, Charlotte; Chivers, Adam J.; Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E.; Lamont, Peter; Turnewitsch, Robert. (2014). Chrysopetalidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from the Senghor Seamount, north-east Atlantic: taxa with deep-sea affinities and morphological adaptations. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 71: 311–325.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
redescription	Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here].
redescription	Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428.
redescription	Dahlgren, T.G. and Pleijel, Fredrik 1995. On the generic allocation of Chrysopetalum caecum Langerhans, 1880 (Polychaeta, Chrysopetalidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 92: 159-173.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dysponetus caecus (Langerhans, 1880). 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:129929