Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Parergodrilidae

Stygocapitella Knöllner, 1934

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Stygocapitella subterranea Knöllner, 1934

Literature

original description	Knöllner, F. (1934). Stypocapitella [sic for Stygocapitella] subterranea nov.gen. nov.spec. Schriften der Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 20: 468-472.
additional source	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.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
taxonomy source	Struck, Torsten H.; Koczula, Jens; Stateczny, Dave; Meyer, Christian A.; Purschke, Günter. (2017). Two new species in the annelid genus Stygocapitella (Orbiniida, Parergodrilidae) with comments on their biogeography. Zootaxa. 4286(3): 301-332.
taxonomy source	Cerca, José; Meyer, Christian; Purschke, Günter; Struck, Torsten H. (2020). Delimitation of cryptic species drastically reduces the geographical ranges of marine interstitial ghost-worms (Stygocapitella; Annelida, Sedentaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 143: 106663: 1-16.
biology source	Cerca, Jose; Meyer, Christian; Stateczny, D.; Siemon, D.; Wegbrod, J.; Purschke, G.; Dimitrov, D.; Struck, T. H. (2020). Deceleration of morphological evolution in a cryptic species complex and its link to paleontological stasis. Evolution. 74(1): 116-131.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Stygocapitella Knöllner, 1934. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129436