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

Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amblyosyllis*	Grube, 1857	accepted genus name
*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

Species group names

*Amblyosyllis immatura*	Langerhans, 1879	subjective synonym
*Pterosyllis dorsigera*	Claparède, 1864	subjective synonym
*Pterosyllis formosa*	Claparède, 1863	subjective synonym
*Amblyosyllis inmatura*	[auct. misspelling for 'immatura']	orthographic variant
*Amblyosyllis inmaturata*	[auct. misspelling for 'immatura']	orthographic variant
*Amblyosillis plectorhyncha*	Marenzeller, 1874	synonym
*Amblyosyllis dorsigera*	(Claparède, 1864)	synonym
*Amblyosyllis formosa*	(Claparède, 1863)	synonym
*Amblyosyllis lineolata*	(A. Costa, 1864)	synonym
*Gattiola spectabilis*	Johnston in Baird, 1861	synonym
*Nicotia lineolata*	Costa, 1864	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII.
redescription	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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861). 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:1258721