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

Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852

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

*Gnathosyllis zonata*	Haswell, 1886	subjective synonym
*Syllis armandi*	Claparède, 1864	subjective synonym
*Pionosyllis prolifera*	(Krohn, 1852)	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis) prolifera*	Krohn, 1852	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis) zonata*	(Haswell, 1886)	synonym
*Syllis fluminensis*	Ehlers, 1864	synonym
*Syllis lussinensis*	Grube, 1863	synonym
*Syllis nigrans*	Bobretzky, 1870	synonym
*Syllis zonata*	(Haswell, 1833)	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis) nigrans*	(Bobretzky, 1870)	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis) prolifera*	(Krohn, 1852)	synonym
*Typosyllis (Typosyllis) prolifera*	(Krohn, 1852)	synonym
*Typosyllis bouvieri*	(Gravier, 1900)	synonym
*Typosyllis nigrans*	(Bobretzky, 1870)	synonym
*Typosyllis prolifera*	(Krohn, 1852)	synonym
*Typosyllis zonata*	(Haswell, 1833)	synonym

Literature

original description	Krohn, Albert. (1852). Ueber die Erscheinungen bei der Fortpflanzung von Syllis prolifera und Autolytus prolifer. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 18(1): 66-76, plate III fig. 1.
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.
additional source	Çinar, Melih Ertan; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2005). Cognetti's syllid collection (Polychaeta: Syllidae) deposited at the Museum of the Stazione Zoologica ‘‘Anton Dohrn'' (Naples, Italy), with descriptions of two new species of Autolytus. Journal of Natural History. 39(10): 725-762.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488.
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.
source of synonymy	Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII.
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	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	del Olmo, Irene; Roma-Cavagliani, Josep; Martín-Hervás, María del Rosario; Langeneck, Joachim; Cervera, Juan Lucas; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia. (2024). Integrative taxonomy in Syllis prolifera (Annelida, Syllidae): from a unique cosmopolitan species to a complex of pseudocryptic species. Invertebrate Systematics. 38(6: IS24004): 1-13.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852. 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:131452