Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864)
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129884 on 2026-03-18
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales)
Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII.
Explorations of Casco Bay by the U.S. Fish Commission in 1873.
Verrill, Addison Emery. (1874). Explorations of Casco Bay by the U.S. Fish Commission in 1873. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 22: 340-395, 6 plates.
Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.
Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre IIme. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.)
Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre IIme. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI.
Histoire naturelle du genre Capitella de Blainville ou du Lumbriconaïs d'Oersted, comprenant la structure anatomique, le développement et les caractères extérieurs.
Van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph. (1857). Histoire naturelle du genre Capitella de Blainville ou du Lumbriconaïs d'Oersted, comprenant la structure anatomique, le développement et les caractères extérieurs. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. 26th Année, 2nd série, tome III: 137-162, 2 plates.
Webster, Henry E. (1886). The Annelida Chaetopoda of New Jersey. Annual Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History. 39: 128-159.
XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region.
Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries]. 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38.
Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity.
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Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta
Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English].
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Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”.
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp.
Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009.
Fauvel, P. (1926). Sur les capitelliens. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 51: 296-301.
Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires
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A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University. 8(1): 1-98.
Polychaetous annelids. Part VII. Capitellidae.
Hartman, Olga. (1947). Polychaetous annelids. Part VII. Capitellidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 10(4): 391-481 [including plates 43-58].
The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico
Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas. 2(1): 7-124.
Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
Notes on Polychaeta I. 1. Harmothoe bathydomus Hj. Ditlevsen refound. 2. On the sabellid genus Fabricia. 3. Three polychaetes from Ringk bing Fjord, unrecorded from Denmark. 4. Merciella enigmatica Fauvel, a serpulid new to Denmark
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1941). Notes on Polychaeta I. 1. Harmothoe bathydomus Hj. Ditlevsen refound. 2. On the sabellid genus Fabricia. 3. Three polychaetes from Ringk bing Fjord, unrecorded from Denmark. 4. Merciella enigmatica Fauvel, a serpulid new to Denmark. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn. 105: 31-47.
The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
[Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria
Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.)
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
[Checklist of marine biota of China seas]
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
First record of Heteromastus filiformis (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from Korean waters, with a taxonomic note on the genus
Choi, Hyun; Yoon, Seong Myeong. (2016). First record of Heteromastus filiformis (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from Korean waters, with a taxonomic note on the genus. Journal of Species Research. 5(3): 264-271.
Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. pages 47-96. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
Designation of a neotype of Capitella filiformis Claparède, 1864, type species of the genus Heteromastus (Polychaeta: Capitellidae)
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Rainer, Sebastian. (1982). Designation of a neotype of Capitella filiformis Claparède, 1864, type species of the genus Heteromastus (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 34(4): 373-380.
source: http://www.iopan.gda.pl/projects/biodaff/EMBS-0605.html
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - English Channel
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Westerschelde
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Golfe Normanno-Breton
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Plymouth
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Roscoff
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Wimereux
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Banc d'Arguin
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Kongsfjord
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Colombia
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Caribbean Sea
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Bonaire Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Curaçaoan Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Aruban Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Trinidad and Tobago
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Manicouagan
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Tunis Gulf
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - United States (Alaska) part of the Gulf of Alaska
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - California
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
Distribution for Heteromastus filiformis (Claparède, 1864) - Elkhorn Slough
Distribution for Capitella filiformis Claparède, 1864 - Port-Vendres
Distribution for Ancistria capillaris Verrill, 1874 - Casco Bay
Distribution for Ancistria minima Quatrefages, 1866 - France
Distribution for Capitella costana Claparède, 1869 - Naples Gulf
Distribution for Capitella fimbriata Van Beneden, 1857 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Notomastus filiformis Verrill, 1873 - New Jersey
Distribution for Notomastus laevis Webster, 1886 - New Jersey
Alien
Species introduced by man into places out of their natural range of distribution
Uncertain
Species whose invasiveness is uncertain
Not specified
A species whose 'invasiveness' has not been specified in its introduced range. The species is known to be present and has been reported but there is no comment on its invasiveness
Reported
Species that are 'reported' to be present but with no further information
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 129884
Taxon Description AMBI ecological group for Taxon denoted by name 129884
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 129884
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 129884
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type unknown
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 1920
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: AMBI ecological group second-order opportunistic