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

Erinaceusyllis cryptica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erinaceusyllis*	San Martín, 2003	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sphaerosyllis cryptica*	Ben-Eliahu, 1977	synonym
*Sphaerosyllis erinaceus cryptica*	Ben-Eliahu, 1977	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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	Çinar ME, Ergen Z & Benli HA (2003) Autolytinae and Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. Bull Mar Sci 72(3):741-767
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. Erinaceusyllis cryptica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977). 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:195952