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Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919 
AphiaID: 129212

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Capitellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Capitellides dispar Ehlers, 1907 (type by monotypy)
Parent Capitellidae Grube, 1862
Synonymised
taxa		  Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 (junior homonym)
Sources  original description: Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 466 [Nom. nov.] [details]

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

from synonym: Ehlers, E. 1907. Neuseelandische Anneliden II. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse neue folge, 5(4): 3-31.
page(s): 26 [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Capitellethus branchiferus Gallardo, 1968
Species Capitellethus cinctus Thomassin, 1970
Species Capitellethus danida Green, 2002
Species Capitellethus dispar (Ehlers, 1907)
Species Capitellethus zeylanicus (Willey, 1905)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Nomenclature: Nom. nov. for junior homonym Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129212
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2012-12-18 21:32:41Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129212 on 2013-05-22
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