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

Xenosyllis scabra (Ehlers, 1864)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xenosyllis*	Marion & Bobretzky, 1875	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Syllis scabra*	Ehlers, 1864	synonym

Literature

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	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	Laubier, L. (1968). Contribution à la faunistique du coralligène. VII. À propos de quelques annélides polychètes rares ou nouvelles (Chrysopetalidae, Syllidae et Spionidae). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris, Nouvelle Série. 46(2): 79-107.
additional source	Cognetti Giuseppe. (1957). I Sillidi del golfo di Napoli. Publicazzioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli. 30: 1-100.
additional source	Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488.
additional source	Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
additional source	Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 44(1): 67-95.
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. Xenosyllis scabra (Ehlers, 1864). 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:131470