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

Syllinae Grube, 1850

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

*Eurysyllinae*	Hartman, 1965	synonym

Children

Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887
Eurysyllis Ehlers, 1864
Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1879
Inermosyllis San Martín, 2003
Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879
Parasphaerosyllis Monro, 1937
Paratyposyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Plakosyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1956
Syllis Lamarck, 1818
Trypanedenta Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Trypanobia Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Trypanosyllis Claparède, 1864
Xenosyllis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

Literature

original description	Rioja, Enrique. 1925. Anelidos poliquetos de San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabrico). Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturale. Serie zoológica. 53: 1-62
basis of record	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488.
additional source	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. Syllinae Grube, 1850. 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:152223