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

Plakosyllis brevipes Hartmann-Schröder, 1956

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plakosyllis*	Hartmann-Schröder, 1956	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Eurysyllis brevipes*	(Hartmann-Schröder, 1956)	synonym
*Plakosyllis quadrioculata*	Perkins, 1981	synonym

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.
additional source	Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix.
additional source	Núñez, Jorge; San Martín, Guillermo. (2024). Syllidae Grube, 1850 (Annelida) from Conception, Amanay and Banquete Banks off Canary Islands, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 5477(1): 43-65.
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	Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z. (2003). Eusyllinae and Syllinae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northen Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science. 72(3): 769-793.
additional source	Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 35-60.
source of synonymy	Weinstein, F. 1961. Sur les caracteres et la position systematique du genre Plakosyllis Hartmann-Schroeder. Vie et Milieu, 12: 119-123.
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.
new combination reference	Gidholm, Lennart. (1962). Sur quelques polychètes syllidiens des sables de la région de Roscoff avec description de deux nouvelles espèces. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 3(3): 249-260.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Plakosyllis brevipes 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:131360