IRMNG - Capitella Blainville, 1828

IRMNG taxon details

Capitella Blainville, 1828

IRMNG_ID

1371403 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1371403)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Capitellidae Grube, 1862

Synonymised names

Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Capitellides Mesnil, 1897 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Capitomastus Eisig, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Isomastus Gravier, 1911 · unaccepted (Subjective synonym)

Matla Stephenson, 1908 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Valla Johnston, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Direct children (24)

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Species Capitella aberranta Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Species Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Capitella caribaeorum Warren & George, 1986
Species Capitella dizonata Johnson, 1901
Species Capitella giardi (Mesnil, 1897)
Species Capitella gracilis (Verrill, 1880)
Species Capitella hermaphrodita Boletzky & Dohle, 1967
Species Capitella intermedia Czerniavsky, 1881
Species Capitella jonesi (Hartman, 1959)
Species Capitella minima Langerhans, 1881
Species Capitella ovincola Hartman, 1947
Species Capitella perarmata (Gravier, 1911)
Species Capitella perarmatus (Gravier, 1911)
Species Capitella singularis (Fauvel, 1932)
Species Capitella teleta Blake, Grassle & Eckelbarger, 2009
Species Capitella tripartita Hartman, 1961
Species Capitella costana Claparède, 1869 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
Species Capitella fabricii Blainville, 1828 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Capitella filiformis Claparède, 1864 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
Species Capitella fimbriata van Beneden, 1857 accepted as Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
Species Capitella major Claparède, 1869 accepted as Notomastus profundus (Eisig, 1887)
Species Capitella prototypa Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Capitella rubicunda Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851
Species Capitella similis Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dict. Sci. Nat., 57
page(s): 443 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Capitella Blainville, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371403 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-12 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Wilson, Robin

2016-11-22 08:30:58Z

changed

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original description Dict. Sci. Nat., 57
page(s): 443 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Rouse, 2001 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Rouse, 2001 [details]

habitat flag source Wilson, R. S.; Hutchings, P. A.; Glasby, C. J. (2003). Polychaetes: an interactive identification guide. CD-ROM + booklet. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. [details]

original description (of Isomastus Gravier, 1911) Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 17
page(s): 313 [details]

original description (of Valla Johnston, 1865) Cat. Brit. non paras. Worms Brit. Mus.
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Capitomastus Eisig, 1887) F. Fl. Neapel., 16, xv
page(s): 857 [details]

original description (of Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932) Mem. Indian Mus., 12
page(s): 197 [details]

original description (of Matla Stephenson, 1908) Rec. Indian Mus., 2
page(s): 42 [details]

original description (of Capitellides Mesnil, 1897) Zool. Anz., 20, no. 545
page(s): 441 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932)
To BioNames database (from synonym Capitellides Mesnil, 1897)
To BioNames database (from synonym Capitomastus Eisig, 1887)
To BioNames database (from synonym Isomastus Gravier, 1911)
To BioNames database (from synonym Matla Stephenson, 1908)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Isomastus Gravier, 1911)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Matla Stephenson, 1908)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Capitellides Mesnil, 1897)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Capitomastus Eisig, 1887)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932)
To WoRMS (from synonym Branchiocapitella Fauvel, 1932)
To WoRMS (from synonym Capitellides Mesnil, 1897)
To WoRMS (from synonym Capitomastus Eisig, 1887)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Matla Stephenson, 1908)
To WoRMS (from synonym Valla Johnston, 1865)
To WoRMS (from synonym Isomastus Gravier, 1911)