Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Syllidae > Subfamily Eusyllinae

Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nicotia*	Costa, 1864	generic synonym
*Pterosyllis*	Claparède, 1863	generic synonym
*Thylaciphorus*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Amblyosillis*	[misspelling of Amblyosyllis]	orthographic variant
*Gattiola*	Johnston in Baird, 1861	synonym

Children

Amblyosyllis finmarchica (Malmgren, 1867)
Amblyosyllis granosa Ehlers, 1897
Amblyosyllis lineata Grube, 1863
Amblyosyllis madeirensis Langerhans, 1879
Amblyosyllis rhombeata Grube, 1857
Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861)

Literature

original description	Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn. 1857: 158-186.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
redescription	San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid. p 1-554.
taxonomy source	Aguado, María Teresa; Capa, María; Lago-Barcia, Domingo; Gil, João; Pleijel, Fredrik; Nygren, Arne. (2019). Species delimitation in Amblyosyllis (Annelida, Syllidae). PLoS ONE. 14(4): e0214211.
ecology source	Pernet, Bruno. 1998. Benthic egg masses and larval development of Amblyosyllis speciosa (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78: 1369-1372.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129645