Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1991). Syllis onkylochaeta sp. n., ein korallenfressender Polychaet (Syllidae) aus dem Korallenaquarium des Löbbecke-Museums. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. 45: 59-63.
A new species of the genus Syllis is described feeding on a colony of corals of the genus Xenia (Xeniidae, Alcyonaria) in the coral aquarium of the Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf. The origin of the corals is very probably Bali (Indonesia).