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WoRMS taxon detailsCapitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)
129876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129876)
accepted
Species
Ancistria acuta Verrill, 1874 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella capitata belgica Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella capitata danica Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted
Capitella capitata hebridarum Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella capitata neapolitana Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella capitata suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella fabricii Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (Capitella fabricii is a...)
Capitella fabricii is a superfluous replacement name for C capitata Capitella intermedia Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella prototypa Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Capitella similis Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lombricus canalium Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lumbriconais marina Örsted, 1842 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Lumbricus ciliatus Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lumbricus littoralis Johnston, 1827 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Matla bengalensis Stephenson, 1908 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Saenuris barbata Grube, 1860 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Valla ciliata (Müller, 1773) · unaccepted (subsequent combination of...)
subsequent combination of subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh,
recent only
(of Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 279 [details]  (of Capitella fabricii Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522 page(s): 443 [details]
Neotype ZMUC ZMUC-POL-1967, verbatimGeounit...
Neotype ZMUC ZMUC-POL-1967, verbatimGeounit Affarlikassâ Fjord, ... [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Neotype designated from specimen from 20m from Affarlikassâ Fjord, Mârmorilik, West Greenland, 71° 6.5' N, 51° 17' W (71.108333°, -51.283333°) (lat/long as given, but this location appears to be terrestrial. In Geolocator the station longitude from author's map appears to be 51 deg 14' W, or -51.2330, and this matches the longitude recorded in the ZMUC database, for record NHMD109750). [details]
Distribution Restricted to Arctic and subarctic localities (Blake, 2009). In CaRMS reported from Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters,...
Distribution Restricted to Arctic and subarctic localities (Blake, 2009). In CaRMS reported from Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details] Etymology The specific epithet capitata means having or forming a head.
Etymology The specific epithet capitata means having or forming a head. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129876 on 2024-12-22
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original description
(of Lumbricus littoralis Johnston, 1827) Johnston, George. (1827). [Part 2] Art. XXXVI Contributions to the British Fauna. [Continued from p.181.]. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 321-336., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485847 [details]
original description (of Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 page(s): 279 [details] original description (of Saenuris barbata Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453 page(s): 114, plate IV fig. 10 [details] original description (of Capitella intermedia Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 342-343 [details] original description (of Ancistria acuta Verrill, 1874) Verrill, A.E. 1874. Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. No. 5. American Journal of Science and Arts, 7: 131-138. [details] original description (of Capitella fabricii Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522 page(s): 443 [details] original description (of Capitella prototypa Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 340-342 [details] original description (of Capitella similis Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 346 [details] original description (of Lombricus canalium Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268 [details] original description (of Lumbriconais marina Örsted, 1842) Örsted, A.S. (1842). Conspectus generum specierumque Naidum ad faunam Danicam pertinentium. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Kobenhavn.</em> 4: 128-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322848 page(s): 132-133, plate III figs. 6, 11, 12 [details] original description (of Matla bengalensis Stephenson, 1908) Stephenson, J. (1908). The fauna of brackish ponds at Port Canning, Lower Bengal. Part VIII.—Preliminary description of an oligochæte worm of uncertain position. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 2(1): 39-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35163802 page(s): 39-42, figs. 1-4 [details] original description (of Capitella capitata belgica Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 344 [footnote] [details] original description (of Capitella capitata danica Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 343-344 [footnote] [details] original description (of Capitella capitata hebridarum Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 344 [footnote] [details] original description (of Capitella capitata neapolitana Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 344-345 [footnote] [details] original description (of Capitella capitata suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542 page(s): 345-346 [details] original description (of Lumbricus ciliatus Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 page(s): 30; note: as Lumbricus ciliatus; direct link to original description : HERE [details] context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors  [request]context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details] context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details] context source (Bermuda) Williams, D. D.; Williams, N. E. (1998). Freshwater invertebrates from the Bermuda Islands and their zoogeographical affinities. 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[Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Blake, James A.; Grassle, Judith P.; Eckelbarger, Kevin J. (2009). <i>Capitella teleta</i>, a new species designation for the opportunistic and experimental <i>Capitella</i> sp. I, with a review of the literature for confirmed records. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 2: 25-53., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOSYMPOSIA.2.1.6 page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Fauvel, P. (1911). Troisième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 194: 1-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46208770 [details] additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. 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[details] Available for editors [request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. pages 47-96. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] subsequent type designation Blake, James A. (2009). Redescription of Capitella capitata (Fabricius) from West Greenland and designation of a neotype (Polychaeta, Capitellidae). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 2: 55-80., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2009/v2/index.htm page(s): 58-68, figs. 2-5, tables 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype ZMUC ZMUC-POL-1967, verbatimGeounit Affarlikassâ Fjord, ... [details]
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Distribution Restricted to Arctic and subarctic localities (Blake, 2009). In CaRMS reported from Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]Etymology The specific epithet capitata means having or forming a head. [details] Neotype A neotype can only be to replace the missing type of the original name, in this case Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780. Thus see the record for Lumbricus capitatus for details of its neotype as created by Blake (2009). [details] Type locality Neotype designated from specimen from 20m from Affarlikassâ Fjord, Mârmorilik, West Greenland, 71° 6.5' N, 51° 17' W (71.108333°, -51.283333°) (lat/long as given, but this location appears to be terrestrial. In Geolocator the station longitude from author's map appears to be 51 deg 14' W, or -51.2330, and this matches the longitude recorded in the ZMUC database, for record NHMD109750). [details] Unreviewed
Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Capitella fabricii Blainville, 1828) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lumbricus littoralis Johnston, 1827) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Saenuris barbata Grube, 1860) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ancistria acuta Verrill, 1874) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capitella capitata) To GenBank (123 nucleotides; 30 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To NHMUK collection (Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473930) To PESI (from synonym Saenuris barbata Grube, 1860) To PESI (from synonym Lumbricus littoralis Johnston, 1827) To PESI To The Arctic Traits Database (33 traits) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (273 records) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102997) To ITIS |
