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

Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis)*	San Martín, 1984	synonym

Children

Prosphaerosyllis adelae (San Martín, 1984)
Prosphaerosyllis brandhorsti (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
Prosphaerosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Prosphaerosyllis campoyi (San Martín, Acero, Contonente & Gómez, 1982)
Prosphaerosyllis giandoi (Somaschini & San Martín, 1994)
Prosphaerosyllis longicauda (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920)
Prosphaerosyllis xarifae (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)

Literature

original description	San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género Sphaerosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 25(4): 375-391.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Faulwetter, S.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Galil, B.S.; Arvanitidis, C. (2011). An account of the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes) in the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984 in the Mediterranean. ZooKeys. 150(0): 281.
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.
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, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 57(1): 39-152.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984. 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:195974