WoRMS taxon details
Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919
129212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129212)
accepted
Genus
Capitellides dispar Ehlers, 1907 accepted as Capitellethus dispar (Ehlers, 1907) (type by monotypy)
Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 · unaccepted (replaced junior homonym to...)
replaced junior homonym to Capitellides Mesnil, 1897
- Species Capitellethus branchiferus Gallardo, 1968
- Species Capitellethus cinctus Thomassin, 1970
- Species Capitellethus danida Green, 2002
- Species Capitellethus dispar (Ehlers, 1907)
- Species Capitellethus zeylanicus (Willey, 1905) accepted as Notomastus zeylanicus Willey, 1905 (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 465, 466 [Nom. nov.] [details]
page(s): 465, 466 [Nom. nov.] [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The name Capitellethus seems to be composed by the name Capitella Blainville, 1828, the type...
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for junior homonym Capitellides Ehlers, 1907
Taxonomy Chamberlin (1919: 466) replaced Capitellides Ehlers (1907), which is a junior homonym to Capitellides Mesnil (1897). He...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The name Capitellethus seems to be composed by the name Capitella Blainville, 1828, the type genus of the family Capitellidae, followed by the suffix of Greek origin -ethus, meaning 'habit' in the sense of a characteristic morphological condition, and refers presumably to the clear capitellid habitus of the genus. [details]
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for junior homonym Capitellides Ehlers, 1907
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for junior homonym Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 [details]
Taxonomy Chamberlin (1919: 466) replaced Capitellides Ehlers (1907), which is a junior homonym to Capitellides Mesnil (1897). He...
Taxonomy Chamberlin (1919: 466) replaced Capitellides Ehlers (1907), which is a junior homonym to Capitellides Mesnil (1897). He gave no further diagnosis there, but in a preceding key the characters are successively: thorax with capillary chaetae only, abdomen with hooks only, no branchiae, 11 thoracic chaetigers with no macroscopic distinction between thorax and abdomen.
Green (2002: 274) maintained Capitellethus as distinct from Notomastus partly on the basis of hooks having only 2 large teeth in the basal row (Notomastus is expected to have multiple small teeth in the basal row). Green pointed out Fauchald's (1977) characterization of Capitellethus in his table of genera with 10 thoracic chaetigers was incorrect, and stated that the first thoracic segment lacked chaetae. Magalhaes & Bailey-Brock (2012) endorsed this diagnosis. [details]
Green (2002: 274) maintained Capitellethus as distinct from Notomastus partly on the basis of hooks having only 2 large teeth in the basal row (Notomastus is expected to have multiple small teeth in the basal row). Green pointed out Fauchald's (1977) characterization of Capitellethus in his table of genera with 10 thoracic chaetigers was incorrect, and stated that the first thoracic segment lacked chaetae. Magalhaes & Bailey-Brock (2012) endorsed this diagnosis. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Capitellethus Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129212 on 2024-11-09
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original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 465, 466 [Nom. nov.] [details]
original description (of Capitellides Ehlers, 1907) Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 24; note: Definitely meant as a new genus. This is not a misreporting of a usage of a previous name [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 19; note: genus usage and a redescription of C cinctus [details] Available for editors
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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)
page(s): checklist listing [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
status source Green, Karen D. (2002). Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Andaman Sea. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.</em> 24: 249–343.
note: treats Capitellethus as valid and separate from Notomastus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 465, 466 [Nom. nov.] [details]
original description (of Capitellides Ehlers, 1907) Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 24; note: Definitely meant as a new genus. This is not a misreporting of a usage of a previous name [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 19; note: genus usage and a redescription of C cinctus [details] Available for editors
[request]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)
page(s): checklist listing [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
status source Green, Karen D. (2002). Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Andaman Sea. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.</em> 24: 249–343.
note: treats Capitellethus as valid and separate from Notomastus [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Etymology Not stated by the author. The name Capitellethus seems to be composed by the name Capitella Blainville, 1828, the type genus of the family Capitellidae, followed by the suffix of Greek origin -ethus, meaning 'habit' in the sense of a characteristic morphological condition, and refers presumably to the clear capitellid habitus of the genus. [details]Nomenclature Nom. nov. for junior homonym Capitellides Ehlers, 1907 [details]
Taxonomy Chamberlin (1919: 466) replaced Capitellides Ehlers (1907), which is a junior homonym to Capitellides Mesnil (1897). He gave no further diagnosis there, but in a preceding key the characters are successively: thorax with capillary chaetae only, abdomen with hooks only, no branchiae, 11 thoracic chaetigers with no macroscopic distinction between thorax and abdomen.
Green (2002: 274) maintained Capitellethus as distinct from Notomastus partly on the basis of hooks having only 2 large teeth in the basal row (Notomastus is expected to have multiple small teeth in the basal row). Green pointed out Fauchald's (1977) characterization of Capitellethus in his table of genera with 10 thoracic chaetigers was incorrect, and stated that the first thoracic segment lacked chaetae. Magalhaes & Bailey-Brock (2012) endorsed this diagnosis. [details]
