ERMS taxon details
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 
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 
taxonomy source
Sun, Yanan; Bao, Qinghua; Chen, Chong; Wu, Xuwen; Ju, Yuxue; Liao, Shili & Zhou, Yadong. (2025). New species of capitellid polychaetes (Annelida: Sedentaria) add to the unique biodiversity of Indian Ocean hot vents. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204 (2) efirst: 1-15. note: Analysis of a large molecular tree of Capitellidae shows likely misidentifications in the published molecular data. [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Su, Xuechun; Yang, Deyuan; Wu, Xiu; Sun, Yanan; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Zhang, Yanjie. (2025). Substantial mitochondrial gene order rearrangements and differential evolution rates within the family Capitellidae (Annelida). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(3): 955-967., available online at https://zse.pensoft.net/article/144081/list/9/ [details] Available for editors 
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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3581(1): 1-52., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3581.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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