WoRMS taxon details

Capitellidae Grube, 1862

921  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:921)

accepted
Family
Genus Abyssocapitella Buzhinskaja & Smirnov, 2000
Genus Amastigos Piltz, 1977
Genus Anotomastus Hartman, 1947
Genus Baldia Garwood & Bamber, 1988
Genus Barantolla Southern, 1921
Genus Capitella Blainville, 1828
Genus Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Capitobranchus Day, 1962
Genus Dasybranchethus Monro, 1931
Genus Dasybranchus Grube, 1850
Genus Decamastus Hartman, 1963
Genus Dodecamastus Blake, 2000
Genus Eunotomastus McIntosh, 1885
Genus Heteromastus Eisig, 1887
Genus Leiocapitella Hartman, 1947
Genus Leiocapitellides Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Genus Leiochrides Augener, 1914
Genus Leiochrus Ehlers, 1908
Genus Lombricus Vérany, 1846
Genus Lumbricomastus Thomassin, 1970
Genus Mastobranchus Eisig, 1887
Genus Mediomastus Hartman, 1944
Genus Neoheteromastus Hartman, 1960
Genus Neomediomastus Hartman, 1969
Genus Neonotomastus Fauchald, 1972
Genus Neopseudocapitella Rullier & Amoureux, 1979
Genus Nonatus Amaral, 1980
Genus Notodasus Fauchald, 1972
Genus Notomastus M. Sars, 1851
Genus Octocapitella Brown, 1987
Genus Paracapitella Kirkegaard, 1983
Genus Parheteromastides Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Genus Parheteromastus Monro, 1937
Genus Peresiella Harmelin, 1968
Genus Polymastigos Green, 2002
Genus Promastobranchus Gallardo, 1968
Genus Pseudocapitella Fauvel, 1913
Genus Pseudoleiocapitella Harmelin, 1964
Genus Pseudonotomastus Warren & Parker, 1994
Genus Rashgua Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Genus Scyphoproctus Gravier, 1904
Genus Undecimastus Amoureux, 1983

Genus Ancistria Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Heteromastus Eisig, 1887 (junior homonym, replaced by junior synonym Heteromastus)
Genus Arenia Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Notomastus M. Sars, 1851
Genus Areniella Verrill, 1874 accepted as Heteromastus Eisig, 1887 (subjective synonym)
Genus Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)
Genus Branchoscolex Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Dasybranchus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
Genus Bucherta Rullier, 1965 accepted as Dasybranchus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
Genus Capitellides Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)
Genus Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 accepted as Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919 (replaced junior homonym to Capitellides Mesnil, 1897)
Genus Capitita Hartman, 1947 accepted as Mediomastus Hartman, 1944 (subjective synonym)
Genus Capitomastus Eisig, 1887 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)
Genus Dasymallus Grube, 1846 accepted as Dasybranchus Grube, 1850 (junior homonym, replaced by Dasybranchus)
Genus Dodecaseta McCammon & Stull, 1978 accepted as Notodasus Fauchald, 1972 (subjective synonym)
Genus Heteromastides Augener, 1914 accepted as Scyphoproctus Gravier, 1904 (subjective synonym)
Genus Isomastus Gravier, 1911 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)
Genus Lumbriconais Örsted, 1842 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)
Genus Matla Stephenson, 1908 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)
Genus Notobranchus Capaccioni--Azzati & El-Haddad in Parapar et al, 2015 accepted as Leiochrides Augener, 1914 (new name for homonym Pseudomastus, a subjective synonym of Leiochrides)
Genus Paraleiocapitella Thomassin, 1970 accepted as Notomastus M. Sars, 1851 (subjective synonym)
Genus Protomastobranchus [auct.] accepted as Promastobranchus Gallardo, 1968 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudomastus Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992 accepted as Leiochrides Augener, 1914 (subjective synonym, but firstly unavailable as a homonym, replaced by Notobranchus)
Genus Pulliella Fauvel, 1929 accepted as Scyphoproctus Gravier, 1904 (subjective synonym)
Genus Saenuris Grube, 1860
Genus Sandanis Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Notomastus M. Sars, 1851 (subjective synonym)
Genus Valla Johnston, 1865 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828 (subjective synonym)

Genus Paracapitella Carrasco & Gallardo, 1987 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unreplaced junior homonym to Paracapitella Kirkegaard, 1983)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A.E. 1862. Noch ein Wort über die Capitellen und ihre Stelle im Systeme der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 28(1): 366-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160797
page(s): 378 [details]   
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Capitellidae Grube, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=921 on 2023-05-28
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original description Grube, A.E. 1862. Noch ein Wort über die Capitellen und ihre Stelle im Systeme der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 28(1): 366-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160797
page(s): 378 [details]   

taxonomy 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]   

taxonomy source Ewing, R. Michael. (1984). Generic revision of <i>Mastobranchus</i> and <i>Peresiella</i> (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(4): 792-800., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642625 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source Ewing, R. Michael. (1984). Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Chapter Pagination: 14.1-14.47, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
page(s): 14.1 [details]   

taxonomy source Tomioka, Shinri; Kakui, Keiichi; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2018). Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Capitellidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Science.</em> 35(5): 436-445., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2108/zs180009
note: lack of monophyly in genera tested, except for Capitella. Barantolla, Heteromastus, and Notomastus are likely not monophyletic [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source García-Garza, María Elena; De León-González, Jesus Angel. 2011. Review of the Capitellidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific region, with notes on selected species. ZooKeys 151(0): 17-52. [details]   

identification resource Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. 2012. Capitellidae Grube, 1862 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Hawaiian Islands with description of two new species. Zootaxa *(3581): 1-52 , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3581.html [details]   
 
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