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Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Arctic Ocean
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - North Sea
Distribution for Lombricus canalium Nardo, 1847 - Adriatic Sea
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Baie de la Seine
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Caribbean Sea
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Golfe Normanno-Breton
Distribution for Lumbricus capitatus Fabricius, 1780 - Greenland
Distribution for Capitella capitata neapolitana Czerniavsky, 1881 - Naples Gulf
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Indian Ocean
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Plymouth
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Roscoff
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Wimereux
Distribution for Matla bengalensis Stephenson, 1908 - India
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - USA
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Canada
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Banc d'Arguin
Distribution for Ancistria acuta Verrill, 1874 - Casco Bay
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Lumbriconais marina Örsted, 1842 - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata danica Czerniavsky, 1881 - Danish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Lumbricus littoralis Johnston, 1827 - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Valla ciliata (Müller, 1773) - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata japonica Kitamori, 1960 - Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Saenuris barbata Grube, 1860 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Capitella capitata floridana Hartman, 1959 - United States part of the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Atlantic Ocean
Distribution for Capitella capitata hebridarum Czerniavsky, 1881 - Hébrides
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Trinidad and Tobago
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Grand Banks
Distribution for Capitella capitata belgica Czerniavsky, 1881 - West Europe
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Spuikom
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Capitella capitata antarctica Monro, 1930 - South Georgia
Distribution for Capitella intermedia Czerniavsky, 1881 - Black Sea
Distribution for Capitella prototypa Czerniavsky, 1881 - Black Sea
Distribution for Capitella similis Czerniavsky, 1881 - Black Sea
Distribution for Capitella capitata suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881 - Black Sea
Distribution for Capitella capitata europaea Wu, 1964 - Mediterranean Sea
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Saguenay Fjord
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Canadian part of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) - Kerkennah Islands
Origin uncertain
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