| Capitellidae () |
| 8 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 2700 m |
| Cosmopolitan: mainly in the northern hemisphere. Tropical to polar. |
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| Length based on occurrence record. Megabenthic species (Ref. 2952). Found in all sediment types but particularly in coarse to very fine substrate, very rarely in sediment without mud (Refs. 7882, 96352). Known from rocky shores, seagrass beds, cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, oxygen-minimum zones, whale carcasses. Depth ranges from intertidal, infralittoral, circalittoral to bathyal along gulfs and estuaries (Refs. 87155, 96352). Feeding type can vary from being a carnivore to a detritus feeder, to a grazer (Ref. 87155). Treated as a marine organic pollution indicator (Ref. 96352). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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