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  Infraclass Scolecida

Family Capitellidae

Taxon Information

The Family Capitellidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Capitellidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 6 species in 4 genera worldwide, 2 Nearctic species in 2 genera] (Glasby & Timm, 2008).

Bibliography

• Glasby, C.J. & T. Timm. 2008. Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 107-115. [Available online]