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

Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Branchiosyllis cirropunctata (Michel, 1909)
Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900)

Literature

original description	Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 15: vi & 335 pp.
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	Góngora-Garza, G.; García-Garza, M. E.; de León-González, J. A. 2011. Two new species of Branchiosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Western Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124(4): 378-385
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.
identification resource	Nascimento, Rodolfo Leandro; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Paiva, Paulo Cesar de. (2019). Two new sponge-associated Branchiosyllis (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4568(2): 307-322.
identification resource	Lira, Anny Laura de Oliveira; Craveiro, Nykon; Paresque, Karla; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Rosa Filho, José Souto. (2024). Ecological review of the Syllidae (Annelida) associated with sponges (Porifera), including the description of a new species from northeastern Brazil. Ocean and Coastal Research. 72(suppl 1): e24039 [pages 1-17].
identification resource	San Martín, Guillermo; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Aguado, María Teresa. (2013). The genus Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida, Syllidae, Syllinae) from off the American coasts, with the description of a new species from Venezuela. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 8(3): 166-179.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887. 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:129647