Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Syllidae > Subfamily Autolytinae > Tribe Procerini > Genus Proceraea

Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Proceraea*	Ehlers, 1864	accepted genus name
*Pterautolytus*	Ehlers, 1907	generic synonym
*Amytis*	Savigny, 1822	synonym
*Autolytus (Regulatus)*	Imajima, 1966	synonym
*Autolytus (Stephanosyllis)*	Claparède, 1864	synonym
*Nereisyllis*	Blainville, 1828	synonym
*Polybostrichus*	Örsted, 1842	synonym
*Polynice*	Savigny, 1822	synonym
*Regulatus*	Imajima, 1966	synonym
*Stephanosyllis*	Claparède, 1864	synonym

Species group names

*Autolytus fallax*	Malmgren, 1867	subjective synonym
*Autolytus cornutus*	Agassiz, 1862	synonym
*Myrianida cirrata*	Treadwell, 1931	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マルシリス

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	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
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.
redescription	Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 680: 1-314.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1862). 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:131362