Capitella is a genus of segmented worms in the family Capitellidae. They are upward conveyors. Reproduction is gonochoristic. They are sessile animals.
Definition: Upward conveyors are vertically oriented species that typically feed head-down at depth in the sediment. Vertically oriented head-down feeders actively select and ingest particles at the deeper sediments and egest these non-locally as faeces in the sediment surface
