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

Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis)*	Claparède, 1863	synonym

Children

Sphaerosyllis austriaca Banse, 1959
Sphaerosyllis boeroi Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005
Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914
Sphaerosyllis capensis Day, 1953
Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864
Sphaerosyllis glandulata Perkins, 1981
Sphaerosyllis gravinae Somaschini & San Martín, 1994
Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863
Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981
Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879
Sphaerosyllis papillifera Naville, 1933
Sphaerosyllis parabulbosa San Martín & López, 2002
Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868
Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis Perkins, 1981
Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981
Sphaerosyllis thomasi San Martín, 1984

Literature

original description	Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates.
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	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
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.
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.
identification resource	San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género Sphaerosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 25(4): 375-391.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. 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:129677