Chaetopterus capensis
| Chaetopterus capensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Family: | Chaetopteridae |
| Genus: | Chaetopterus |
| Species: | C. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chaetopterus capensis is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Chaetopterus capensis was formerly synonymized with C. variopedatus, but is now recognized as a distinct species.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ WoRMS. "Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.
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