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

Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Syllis*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Aporosyllis*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Chaetosyllis*	Malmgren, 1867	generic synonym
*Ehlersia*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Gnathosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	generic synonym
*Ioida*	Johnston, 1839	generic synonym
*Isosyllis*	Ehlers, 1864	generic synonym
*Langerhansia*	Czerniavsky, 1881	generic synonym
*Lycastis*	Savigny, 1822	generic synonym
*Trichosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	generic synonym
*Typosyllis*	Langerhans, 1879	generic synonym
*Ioda*	[auctt.]	orthographic variant
*Ehlersia (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Langerhansia (Syllis)*	[lapsus for Syllis (Langerhansia)]	synonym
*Pagenstecheria*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Syllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Syllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Syllis (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym
*Typosyllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Typosyllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis)*	[auct.]	synonym
*Typosyllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym

Species group names

*Ioida macrophthalma*	Johnston, 1839	subjective synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis) alternosetosa*	Saint Joseph, 1887	subjective synonym
*Syllis brachychaeta*	Schmarda, 1861	subjective synonym
*Syllis closterobranchia*	Schmarda, 1861	subjective synonym
*Syllis crassicornis*	Schmarda, 1861	subjective synonym
*Syllis lineata*	Schmarda, 1861	subjective synonym
*Trichosyllis sylliformis*	Schmarda, 1861	subjective synonym
*Ioda macrophthalma*	[auctt.]	orthographic variant
*Ioida macrophthalmus*	[auct. misspelling]	orthographic variant
*Trichosyllis syllisformis*	[auct. misspelling]	orthographic variant
*Lycastis armillaris*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Nereis armillaris*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Pionosyllis alternosetosa*	(Saint Joseph, 1886)	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis) capensis*	McIntosh, 1885	synonym
*Syllis alternosetosa*	Saint Joseph, 1886	synonym
*Syllis capensis*	McIntosh, 1885	synonym
*Syllis danica*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Syllis macrophthalma*	(Johnston, 1840)	synonym
*Syllis syllisformis*	(Schmarda, 1861)	synonym
*Syllis tigrina*	Rathke, 1843	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis) armillaris*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis) capensis*	(McIntosh, 1885)	synonym
*Typosyllis (Typosyllis) armillaris*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Typosyllis armillaris*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Typosyllis brachychaeta*	(Schmarda, 1861)	synonym
*Typosyllis tortugaensis*	(Augener, 1924)	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	Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p.
additional source	Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn. 4: 109-127.
additional source	Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger. 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates.
additional source	Dewarumez, Jean-Marie
additional source	Fauvel, Pierre. (1955). Annélides Polychètes de la Croisière de la Calypso en Mer Rouge en 1952. Resultats Scientifique de les Campagnes de Calypso. 3: 101-120 [no figures].
additional source	Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
source of synonymy	McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae. 2: 1-232.
source of synonymy	Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement].
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.
redescription	Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). A new sponge-associated species, Syllis mayeri n. sp. (Polychaeta: Syllidae), with a discussion on the status of S. armillaris (Müller, 1776). Scientia Marina. 69(4): 467-474.
redescription	Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
taxonomy source	San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. Zootaxa. 5230(3): 251-295.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:131415