MSBIAS 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- Species Capitellides giardi Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Capitella giardi (Mesnil, 1897) (superseded original combination)
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] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Capitellides Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146758 on 2025-11-16
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Capitellides Mesnil, 1897. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146758 on 2025-11-16
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality