BeRMS taxon details
Syllis Lamarck, 1818
129680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129680)
accepted
Genus
- Species Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
- Species Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840
- Species Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863
- Species Syllis fulgurans Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Odontosyllis fulgurans (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (superseded original combination)
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]
page(s): 317-318 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2026-05-12
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2026-05-12
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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]
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
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
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]
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]
page(s): 317-318 [details]
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
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
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]
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]
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