WoRMS name details
Capitellides Mesnil, 1897
146758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146758)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Capitellides giardi Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Capitella giardi (Mesnil, 1897) (type by monotypy)
- Species Capitellides giardi Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Capitella giardi (Mesnil, 1897) (superseded original combination)
- Species Capitellides jonesi Hartman, 1959 accepted as Capitella jonesi (Hartman, 1959) (superseded original combination)
- Species Capitellides teres Treadwell, 1939 accepted as Capitella teres (Treadwell, 1939) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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] 
Homonymy Senior homonym to Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 (now renamed Capitellethus)
Homonymy Senior homonym to Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 (now renamed Capitellethus) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Capitellides Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146758 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
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] 
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Warren, Lynda M. (1991). Problems in capitellid taxonomy. The genera Capitella, Capitomastus and Capitellides (Polychaeta). <em>Ophelia supplement.</em> 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 275-282.
page(s): 281 [details]
page(s): 281 [details]
Other
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]




From editor or global species database
Homonymy Senior homonym to Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 (now renamed Capitellethus) [details]