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

Syllides japonicus Imajima, 1966

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Syllides*	Örsted, 1845	accepted genus name
*Syllis (Syllides)*	Örsted, 1845	synonym

Species group names

*Syllides japonica*	Imajima, 1966	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ジュズシリス

Literature

original description	Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. III. Eusyllinae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 14(2): 85-116.
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	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.
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. Syllides japonicus Imajima, 1966. 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:131410