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

Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branchiosyllis*	Ehlers, 1887	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Trypanosyllis uncinigera*	Hartmann-Schröder, 1960	subjective synonym
*Branchiosyllis uncinigera*	(Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis*	Gravier, 1900	synonym
*Syllis exilis*	Gravier, 1900	synonym
*Typosyllis exilis*	(Gravier, 1900)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツメシリス

Literature

additional source	Aguado, Marıa Teresa; Martin, Guillermo S.; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2008). Contribution to the knowledge of Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Japan with descriptions of three new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 6(4): 521-550.
additional source	Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1978). Einige Sylliden-Arten (Polychaeta) von Hawaii und aus dem Karibischen Meer. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut. 75: 49-61.
additional source	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	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	Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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	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	Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; San Martín, Guillermo; Aguado, Maria Teresa. (2012). The genus Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 from Philippines Islands, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 3542: 49-68.
redescription	Lucas Rodríguez, Yolanda; San Martín, Guillermo; Fiege, Dieter. (2017 (2018 in print)). Two new species of Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) and redescription of Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900), from Socotra Archipelago (Yemen, Indian Ocean). Marine Biodiversity. 48(3): 1519–1527.
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. Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900). 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:131279