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Capitella Blainville, 1828

129211  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129211)

accepted
Genus
Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitellides Mesnil, 1897 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitomastus Eisig, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Capitella aberranta Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
  2. Species Capitella aciculata (Hartman, 1959)
  3. Species Capitella ambonensis Pamungkas, 2017
  4. Species Capitella aracaensis Silva & Amaral, 2017
  5. Species Capitella biota Silva & Amaral, 2017
  6. Species Capitella blakei Magalhäes & Hilliard, 2022
  7. Species Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
  8. Species Capitella caribaeorum Warren & George, 1986
  9. Species Capitella dizonata Johnson, 1901
  10. Species Capitella giardi (Mesnil, 1897)
  11. Species Capitella gomexa Hilliard, Hajduk, Méndez & Schulze, 2024
  12. Species Capitella gracilis (Verrill, 1879)
  13. Species Capitella hermaphrodita Boletzky & Dohle, 1967
  14. Species Capitella iatapiuna Silva, Shimabukuro, Alfaro-Lucas, Fujiwara, Sumida & Amaral, 2016
  15. Species Capitella jonesi (Hartman, 1959)
  16. Species Capitella loucindae Hilliard, Hajduk, Méndez & Schulze, 2024
  17. Species Capitella maculosa Hilliard, Hajduk, Méndez & Schulze, 2024
  18. Species Capitella mandingensis Hilliard, Hajduk, Méndez & Schulze, 2024
  19. Species Capitella minima Langerhans, 1880
  20. Species Capitella multibranchiata Magalhäes & Hilliard, 2022
  21. Species Capitella multioculata Perejaslavtseva, 1891
  22. Species Capitella neoaciculata Silva & Seixas, 2017
  23. Species Capitella nonatoi Silva & Amaral, 2017
  24. Species Capitella ovincola Hartman, 1947
  25. Species Capitella perarmata (Gravier, 1911)
  26. Species Capitella singularis (Fauvel, 1932)
  27. Species Capitella tampe Hilliard, Hajduk, Méndez & Schulze, 2024
  28. Species Capitella teleta Blake, Grassle & Eckelbarger, 2009
  29. Species Capitella teres (Treadwell, 1939)
  30. Species Capitella perarmatus (Gravier, 1911) represented as Capitella perarmata (Gravier, 1911)
  31. Species Capitella tripartita Hartman, 1961 represented as Capitella capitata tripartita Hartman, 1961
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 443 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Capitella Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129211 on 2025-05-11
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Capitella Blainville, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129211 on 2025-05-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2011-12-25 22:58:18Z
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2017-02-06 23:08:45Z
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2020-06-19 09:07:02Z
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2024-07-19 02:41:24Z
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original description Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 443 [details] 

original description (of Capitellides Mesnil, 1897) Mesnil, Félix. (1897). Note sur un capitellien nouveau (<i>Capitellides</i> n. gen., <i>giardi</i> n. sp.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 20(545): 441-443., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9731056 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Capitomastus Eisig, 1887) Eisig, H. 1887. Monographie der Capitelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden meeres-abschnitte nebst untersuchungen zur vergleichenden anatomie und physiologie. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, 16: xxvi + 906 pp. + 37 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7348
page(s): 290 [details] 

original description (of Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932) Fauvel, Pierre. (1932). Annelida Polychaeta of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 12(1): 1-262, plates I-IX., available online at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/memoirs/012/01/index.pdf
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Silva, Camila F.; Shimabukuro, Maurício; Alfaro-Lucas, Joan M.; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Sumida, Paulo Y.G.; Amaral, Antonia C.Z. (2016). A new <i>Capitella</i> polychaete worm (Annelida: Capitellidae) living inside whale bones in the abyssal South Atlantic. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 108: 23-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.12.004
page(s): 28-29; note: synoptic table for all the hitherto known species [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Pamungkas, Joko. (2017). <em>Capitella</em> <em>ambonensis</em>: a new polychaete species (Annelida: Capitellidae) collected from a mangrove habitat on Ambon Island, Indonesia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4227(4): 573-582., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4227.4.7
page(s): 579; note: Table of characters of Capitella species [details] 

identification resource Silva, Camila F.; Seixas, Victor C.; Barroso, Rômulo; Di Domenico, Maikon; Amaral, Antonia C. Z.; Paiva, Paulo C. (2017). Demystifying the Capitella capitata complex (Annelida, Capitellidae) diversity by morphological and molecular data along the Brazilian coast. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(5): e0177760., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/citation?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177760
page(s): 7/32; note: Key to all Capitella [details] 
 
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