WoRMS taxon details
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
AphiaID: 129876
AphiaID: 129876
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Capitellidae (Family) > Capitella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Capitella Blainville, 1828 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ancistria acuta Verrill, 1874 (subjective synonym) Capitella capitata belgica Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym) Capitella capitata danica Czerniavsky, 1881 Capitella capitata hebridarum Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym) Capitella capitata neapolitana Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym) Capitella capitata suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym) Capitella fabricii Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym) Capitella prototypa Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym) Capitella similis Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym) Lombricus canalium Nardo, 1847 (subjective synonym) Lumbriconais marina Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym) Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780 (basionym) Lumbricus litoralis Johnston, 1827 Matla bengalensis Stephenson, 1908 (subjective synonym) Saenuris barbata Grube, 1860 (Synonym) Valla ciliata Johnston, 1865 (subjective synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Fabricius, Otto 1780. [POLYCHAETA & ANNELIDA DATA. p.266-315; 374-384] Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens, Animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificum, triviale, vernaculumque synonyma auctorum plurium, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum, capturamque singuli prout detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes: Hafniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13489 [details] basis of record: Fauvel, P. 1911. Troisième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institute océanographique, 194: 1-41. [details] basis of record: Fauvel, P. 1927. Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. 1-494. Paul Lechevalier. Paris., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details] basis of record: Hartman, O. 1942. A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University, 8(1): 1-98. [details] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] basis of record: Hartman, O. 1959. Polychaeta. 538-541. IN: Edmondson, W. T. (Ed.). Freshwater Biology. John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York. [details] basis of record: Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [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: 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. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Blake, James A.; Grassle, Judith P.; Eckelbarger, Kevin J. 2009. Capitella teleta, a new species designation for the opportunistic and experimental Capitella sp. I, with a review of the literature for confirmed records. Zoosymposia 2: 25-53, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2009/v2/index.htm page(s): 34 [details] redescription: Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. pages 47-96. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] from synonym: 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, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Oligochaeta checklist for ERMS2 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Johnston, George 1827. Contributions to the British Fauna. The Zoological Journal 3: 321-336., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39584 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Grube, A.E. 1860. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Beitrag: Zahlreiche Gattungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 26: 71-118,3plates. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Johnston, George. 1865. A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, A.E. 1874. Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. No. 5. American Journal of Science and Arts, 7: 131-138. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25317004#5 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Czerniavsky, Voldemaro 1881. Material ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody), 55(4): 211-363., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34420732 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Nardo, G.D. 1847a. Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto Estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell’Adriatico,sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). In:Venezia e le sue lagune. (G. Antonelli: Venezia). [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Örsted, Anders Sandoe 1842. Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Gr nlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn, 4: 109-127. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stephenson, J. 1908. Preliminary description of an oligochaete worm of uncertain position. Record of the Indian Museum, 2: 39. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Czerniavsky, Voldemaro 1881. Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody), 56(1): 338-420., available online at http:// http://www.archive.org/details/bulletindelasoc165unkngoog [details] [view taxon] subsequent type designation: Blake, James A. 2009. Redescription of Capitella capitata (Fabricius) from West Greenland and designation of a neotype (Polychaeta, Capitellidae). Zoosymposia 2: 55-80, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2009/v2/index.htm page(s): 58 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Capitella capitata antarctica Monro, 1930 Subspecies Capitella capitata capitata (Fabricius, 1780) Subspecies Capitella capitata europaea Wu, 1964 Subspecies Capitella capitata floridana Hartman, 1959 Subspecies Capitella capitata japonica Kitamori, 1960 Subspecies Capitella capitata oculata Hartman, 1961 Subspecies Capitella capitata ovincola Hartman, 1947 Subspecies Capitella capitata tripartita Hartman, 1961 Subspecies Capitella capitata belgica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) Subspecies Capitella capitata danica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) Subspecies Capitella capitata hebridarum Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) Subspecies Capitella capitata neapolitana Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) Subspecies Capitella capitata suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Atlantic [details] Baie de la Seine [details] Banc d'Arguin [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belize [details] Canada [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cobscook Bay [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Golfe Normanno-Breton [details] Grand Banks [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kenya [details] Kerkennah Islands [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Plymouth [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Roscoff [details] Saguenay Fjord [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spuikom [details] Tanzania [details] Trinidad and Tobago [details] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Neotype: ZMUC ZMUC-POL-1967 [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
carnivore [details]
deposit feeder [details] deposit feeder: subsurface [details] deposit feeder: surface [details] detritus feeder [details] grazer [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Marine Life Information Network - UK To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (207 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (93 nucleotides; 13 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Restricted to Arctic and subarctic localities (Blake, 2009). In CaRMS reported from Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores and seagrass beds. [details] Habitat: intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Type locality: Neotype designated from specimen from 20m from Affarlikassâ Fjord, Mârmorilik, West Greenland, 71° 6.5' N, 51° 17' W (71.108333°, -51.283333°) (lat/long as given, but this location appears to be terrestrial, at least in Geolocator. In Geolocator station longitude from author's map appears to be 51 deg 14' W, or -51.2330). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129876 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780). 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=129876 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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