Del-Pilar-Ruso & San Martín (2012) use the new combination Syllis mauretanica multiple times in their text, although they record the taxon described as Syllis cf. mauretanica.
Del-Pilar-Ruso, Y. & G. San Martín. 2012. Description of a new species of <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> from the Alicante coast (W Mediterranean) and first reports of two other species of Syllidae for the Mediterranean Sea and the Iberian Peninsula. <i>Mediterranean Marine Science</i>, 13 (2): 187-197.