CAPITELLIDAE

Mead, A., Carlton, J. T., Griffiths, C. L. & Rius, M., 2011, Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa, Journal of Natural History 45 (39 - 40), pp. 2463-2524 : 2477

Family CAPITELLIDAE

Capitella sp. / spp. complex Cryptogenic

One or more species of Capitella occur in fouling communities in South African harbours. Almost certainly some of these taxa are non-native. South African material requires molecular and morphological re-examination. Millard (1952) reported Capitella capitata in fouling, in Table Bay Harbour, a name long abandoned and known to encompass many species. It continues to be reported under this name in South African estuaries ( Schlacher and Wooldridge 1996; Teske and Wooldridge 2003, 2004).