Chaetopterus capensis

Chaetopterus capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Family:	Chaetopteridae
Genus:	Chaetopterus
Species:	C. capensis
Binomial name
	Chaetopterus capensis; Stimpson, 1855
Synonyms
	C. hamatus Schmarda, 1861;

Last updated August 19, 2025

Chaetopterus capensis is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Chaetopterus capensis was formerly synonymized with C. variopedatus , but is now recognized as a distinct species.^[2]

References

↑ 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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[1] WoRMS. "Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 9 August 2025.

[2] 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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