Capitella Blainville, 1828 
AphiaID: 129211

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Scolecida > Capitellidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Capitellidae Grube, 1862
Sources		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: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] 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, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch slangpier  [details] French capitelle  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) Species Capitella minima Langerhans, 1881
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Kongsfjord [details]
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: subsurface [details] grazer [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Capitella sp. added on 2007-01-30 - author: Kaczmarek, Honorata qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129211
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2011-12-25 22:58:18Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Capitella Blainville, 1828. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129211 on 2013-05-23
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