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

Syllis Lamarck, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aporosyllis*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Chaetosyllis*	Malmgren, 1867	generic synonym
*Ehlersia*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Gnathosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	generic synonym
*Ioida*	Johnston, 1839	generic synonym
*Isosyllis*	Ehlers, 1864	generic synonym
*Langerhansia*	Czerniavsky, 1881	generic synonym
*Lycastis*	Savigny, 1822	generic synonym
*Trichosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	generic synonym
*Typosyllis*	Langerhans, 1879	generic synonym
*Ioda*	[auctt.]	orthographic variant
*Ehlersia (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Langerhansia (Syllis)*	[lapsus for Syllis (Langerhansia)]	synonym
*Pagenstecheria*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Syllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Syllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Syllis (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym
*Typosyllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Typosyllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis)*	[auct.]	synonym
*Typosyllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym

Children

Chaetosyllis oerstedi Malmgren, 1867
Ehlersia nepiotoca Caullery & Mesnil, 1916
Syllis abyssicola Ehlers, 1874
Syllis alosae San Martín, 1992
Syllis alternata Moore, 1908
Syllis amica Quatrefages, 1866
Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Syllis atlantica Cognetti, 1960
Syllis bacilligera Claparède, 1868
Syllis bella (Chamberlin, 1919)
Syllis beneliahuae (Campoy, 1982)
Syllis biocula (Czerniavsky, 1881)
Syllis bouvieri Gravier, 1900
Syllis brevicirrata McIntosh, 1908
Syllis brevicollis Ehlers, 1874
Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973)
Syllis ciliata Mecznicow, 1865
Syllis columbretensis (Campoy, 1982)
Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900
Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900
Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
Syllis cruzi Núñez & San Martín, 1991
Syllis czerniavskyi (Czerniavsky, 1881)
Syllis ergeni Çinar, 2005
Syllis eximia Malm, 1874
Syllis fasciata Malmgren, 1867
Syllis ferrani Alós & San Martín, 1987
Syllis fissipara Krohn, 1852
Syllis garciai (Campoy, 1982)
Syllis gerlachi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis gerundensis (Alós & Campoy, 1981)
Syllis golfonovensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840
Syllis heterochaeta Moore, 1909
Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863
Syllis hyllebergi (Licher, 1999)
Syllis incisa (O. Fabricius, 1780)
Syllis jorgei San Martín & López, 2000
Syllis kabilica Ben-Eliahu, 1977
Syllis krohnii Ehlers, 1864
Syllis licheri Ravara, San Martín & Moreira, 2004
Syllis lutea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis maculosa Milne Edwards, 1845
Syllis mauretanica (Licher, 1999)
Syllis monilaris Lamarck, 1818
Syllis nepiotoca (Caullery & Mesnil, 1916)
Syllis nigricirris Grube, 1863
Syllis nigropunctata Haswell, 1886
Syllis nuchalis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis oerstedi (Malmgren, 1867)
Syllis parapari San Martín & López, 2000
Syllis pectinans Haswell, 1920
Syllis pontica (Czerniavsky, 1881)
Syllis pontxioi San Martín & López, 2000
Syllis profunda Cognetti, 1955
Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852
Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)
Syllis rosea (Langerhans, 1879)
Syllis schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis torquata Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
Syllis truncata Haswell, 1920
Syllis tyrrhena (Licher & Kuper, 1998)
Syllis variegata Grube, 1860
Syllis vittata Grube, 1840
Syllis vivipara Krohn, 1869
Syllis westheidei San Martín, 1984
Typosyllis oerstedi (Malmgren, 1867)

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
additional source	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.
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.
additional source	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	Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 1(3):1–128.
taxonomy source	San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. Zootaxa. 5230(3): 251-295.
taxonomy source	San Martín, Guillermo.; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2024). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Fourth part). Zootaxa. 5453(1): 1-32.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. 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:129680