Chaetopterus cautus

Chaetopterus cautus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Family:	Chaetopteridae
Genus:	Chaetopterus
Species:	C. cautus
Binomial name
	Chaetopterus cautus; Marenzeller, 1879

Chaetopterus cautus is a species of parchment worm, a marine polychaete in the family Chaetopteridae.

Taxonomy

Chaetopterus cautus was formerly synonymized with Chaetopterus variopedatus, it has been elevated to a full species based on morphologic distinctiveness.

References

↑ WoRMS. "Chaetopterus cautus Marenzeller, 1879". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
↑ Nishi, Eijiroh (2001). "Partial revision of Japanese Chaetopterus (Chaetopteridae, Polychaeta), including description of three new species from southern Pacific side of central Japan". Actinia: Bulletin of the Manazuru Marine Laboratory for Science Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University. 14: 1–26.
↑ Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.
↑ Moore, Jenna M. (2019). Phylogeny, Systematics, and Evolution of Functional Morphology in Chaetopteridae (Annelida) (PhD thesis). University of FLorida.

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[1] WoRMS. "Chaetopterus cautus Marenzeller, 1879". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2025.

[2] Nishi, Eijiroh (2001). "Partial revision of Japanese Chaetopterus (Chaetopteridae, Polychaeta), including description of three new species from southern Pacific side of central Japan". Actinia: Bulletin of the Manazuru Marine Laboratory for Science Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University. 14: 1–26.

[3] Moore, Jenna M.; Nishi, Eijiroh; Rouse, Greg W. (2017). "Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (5): 596–610. doi:10.1111/zsc.12238.

[4] Moore, Jenna M. (2019). Phylogeny, Systematics, and Evolution of Functional Morphology in Chaetopteridae (Annelida) (PhD thesis). University of FLorida.