original description
Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. 1983. Bathyal benthic polychaetes from the N.E. Atlantic Ocean, S.W. of the British Isles. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 63: 593-608.
page(s): 602 [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Author: "Thorax with 19 segments; one asetigerous segment present; first setiger with notopodia only. Up to segment 11 with capillary setae only; next 8 thoracic setigers with notopodial capillary setae and neuropodial hooks. Branchiae absent." [details]
Homonymy Paracapitella Kirkegaard, 1983 is senior homonym to Paracapitella Carrasco & Gallardo, 1987 (genus name unreplaced as at 2015) [details]