North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

WoRMS name details

Capitomastus minimus (Langerhans, 1880)

AphiaID

146761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146761)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded recombination)

Accepted Name

Capitella minima Langerhans, 1880

Rank

Species

Parent

Capitomastus Eisig, 1887 accepted as Capitella Blainville, 1828

Original name

Capitella minima Langerhans, 1880

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Subspecies Capitomastus minimus tulearensis Thomassin, 1970 accepted as Capitella minima tulearensis (Thomassin, 1970) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Capitella minima Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 99-100, plate IV fig. 12 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Capitomastus minimus (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146761 on 2025-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-01-31 08:36:51Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-02-24 09:00:15Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2011-11-08 01:13:22Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2014-02-11 22:21:04Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2021-07-15 14:28:42Z

changed

Gil, João

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Capitella minima Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 99-100, plate IV fig. 12 [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]