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

Plakosyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1956

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

note: The genus has originally been described as member of the subfamily Exogoninae and subsequently transferred into Syllinae

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Plakosyllis brevipes Hartmann-Schröder, 1956

Literature

original description	Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1956). Polychaeten-Studien I. 1. Plakosyllis brevipes n. gen. n. sp., eine neue Syllide aus dem Mittelmeer. 2. Pionosyllis subterranea n. sp., eine neue Grundwasser-Syllide aus dem Mittelmeerraum. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 157(5/6): 87-91.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Plakosyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1956. 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:129670