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Syllis Lamarck, 1818

129680  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129680)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Syllidae (Family)
  9. Syllinae (Subfamily)
  10. Syllis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lycastis Savigny, 1822 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Reductotyposyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Trichosyllis Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  2. Species Syllis benguellana Day, 1963
  3. Species Syllis bouvieri Gravier, 1900
  4. Species Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900
  5. Species Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
  6. Species Syllis cruzi Núñez & San Martín, 1991
  7. Species Syllis curticirris Monro, 1937
  8. Species Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840
  9. Species Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863
  10. Species Syllis hyllebergi (Licher, 1999)
  11. Species Syllis krohnii Ehlers, 1864
  12. Species Syllis mauretanica (Licher, 1999)
  13. Species Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852
  14. Species Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)
  15. Species Syllis variegata Grube, 1860
  16. Species Syllis vittata Grube, 1840
  17. Species Syllis brevis Schmarda, 1861 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  18. Species Syllis fusicornis Schmarda, 1861 (uncertain > nomen dubium, juvenile Eunicida; not Syllidae)
  19. Subgenus Syllis (Haplosyllis) Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (rank upgrade to genus)
    1. Species Syllis (Haplosyllis) djiboutiensis Gravier, 1900 accepted as Haplosyllis djiboutiensis (Gravier, 1900) (superseded original combination)
    2. Species Syllis (Haplosyllis) trifalcata Day, 1960 accepted as Haplosyllis trifalcata (Day, 1960) (superseded original combination)
  20. Subgenus Syllis (Syllis) Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
    1. Species Syllis (Syllis) longissima Gravier, 1900 accepted as Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840 (subjective synonym)
  21. Subgenus Syllis (Typosyllis) Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
    1. Species Syllis (Typosyllis) bouvieri Gravier, 1900 accepted as Syllis bouvieri Gravier, 1900 (superseded original combination; unaccepted subgenus)
    2. Species Syllis (Typosyllis) compacta Gravier, 1900 accepted as Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900 (superseded original representation)
    3. Species Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (superseded original combination)
    4. Species Syllis (Typosyllis) melanopharyngea Augener, 1918 accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
  22. Species Syllis brachychaeta Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  23. Species Syllis buchholziana Grube, 1877 accepted as Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840 (subjective synonym)
  24. Species Syllis capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  25. Species Syllis cirropunctata Michel, 1909 accepted as Branchiosyllis cirropunctata (Michel, 1909) (superseded alternate representation)
  26. Species Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  27. Species Syllis crassicornis Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  28. Species Syllis exilis Gravier, 1900 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (superseded alternate representation of original combination)
  29. Species Syllis krohni Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Syllis krohnii Ehlers, 1864 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  30. Species Syllis lineata Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  31. Species Syllis longissima Gravier, 1900 accepted as Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840 (subjective synonym)
  32. Species Syllis nigropharyngea Day, 1951 accepted as Syllis vittata Grube, 1840 (subjective synonym)
  33. Species Syllis polycera Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Odontosyllis polycera (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
  34. Species Syllis spongicola Grube, 1855 accepted as Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 317-318 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2026-01-08
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2026-01-08
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2005-04-11 09:30:41Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2006-01-25 15:50:31Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-07-13 10:07:35Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-02-26 14:19:47Z
checked
Musco, Luigi
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2015-05-08 23:14:32Z
changed
Gil, João
2015-12-01 14:57:57Z
changed
Gil, João
2017-02-28 22:54:31Z
changed
Gil, João
2017-10-08 20:57:45Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 317-318 [details] 

original description (of Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 32-33 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879) Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 526, 528-529 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Lycastis Savigny, 1822) Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 45 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Syllis (Typosyllis) Langerhans, 1879) Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 528-529 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trichosyllis Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 73 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Reductotyposyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1974) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1974). Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der afrikanischen Westküste zwischen Angola und Kap der Guten Hoffnung und der afrikanischen Ostküste von Südafrika und Mocambique unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil II. Die Polychaeten des Untersuchungsgebietes. <em>Mitteilungen des Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museums und Instituts.</em> Ergänzungsband zu Band 69: 95-228.
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230(3): 251-295., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5230.3.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo.; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2024). The genus <i>Syllis</i> Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Fourth part). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5453(1): 1-32., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5453.1.1
note: Review of Australian Syllis, plus a key, page 22, to the Australian Syllis. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 43-44 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syllis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Typosyllis) (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To The Arctic Traits Database (17 traits) 
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) (from synonym Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866)
To ITIS
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