Chaetopterus capensis
| Chaetopterus capensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Family: | Chaetopteridae |
| Genus: | Chaetopterus |
| Species: | C. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855
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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.