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

Proceraea Ehlers, 1864

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterautolytus*	Ehlers, 1907	generic synonym
*Amytis*	Savigny, 1822	synonym
*Autolytus (Regulatus)*	Imajima, 1966	synonym
*Autolytus (Stephanosyllis)*	Claparède, 1864	synonym
*Nereisyllis*	Blainville, 1828	synonym
*Polybostrichus*	Örsted, 1842	synonym
*Polynice*	Savigny, 1822	synonym
*Regulatus*	Imajima, 1966	synonym
*Stephanosyllis*	Claparède, 1864	synonym

Children

Polybostrichus muelleri Keferstein, 1862
Polybostrichus mülleri [auct. original misspelling]
Proceraea albocephala Nygren, Sundkvist, Mikac & Pleijel, 2010
Proceraea aurantiaca Claparède, 1868
Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1862)
Proceraea fasciata (Bosc, 1802)
Proceraea madeirensis Nygren, 2004
Proceraea paraurantiaca Nygren, 2004
Proceraea picta Ehlers, 1864
Proceraea pleijeli Nygren, 2004
Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Proceraea scapularis (Claparède, 1864)

Literature

original description	Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt.
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	Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 680: 1-314.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Proceraea Ehlers, 1864. 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:129671