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

Syllis Lamarck, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lycastis*	Savigny, 1822	heterotypic synonym
*Aporosyllis*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Chaetosyllis*	Malmgren, 1867	synonym
*Ehlersia*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Ehlersia (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Gnathosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	synonym
*Ioida*	Johnston, 1840	synonym
*Isosyllis*	Ehlers, 1864	synonym
*Langerhansia*	Czerniavsky, 1881	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
*Trichosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	synonym
*Typosyllis*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym
*Typosyllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Typosyllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis)*	[auct.]	synonym
*Typosyllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym

Children

Syllis alosae San Martín, 1992
Syllis alternata Moore, 1908
Syllis amica Quatrefages, 1866
Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Syllis bella Chamberlin, 1919
Syllis beneliahuae (Campoy & Alquézar, 1982)
Syllis brevicirrata Mc Intosh, 1908
Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973)
Syllis columbretensis (Campoy, 1982)
Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900
Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900
Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
Syllis cruzi Núñez & San Martín, 1991
Syllis ergeni Çinar, 2005
Syllis fasciata Malmgren, 1867
Syllis ferrani Alós & San Martín, 1987
Syllis garciai (Campoy, 1982)
Syllis gerlachi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis gerundensis (Alós & Campoy, 1981)
Syllis golfonovensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840
Syllis heterochaeta Moore, 1909
Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863
Syllis hyllebergi (Licher, 1999)
Syllis jorgei San Martín & López, 2000
Syllis kabilica Ben-Eliahu, 1977
Syllis krohni Ehlers, 1864
Syllis licheri Ravara, San Martín & Moreira, 2004
Syllis lutea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis monilaris (Savigny, 1812)
Syllis nidrosiensis Bidenkap, 1907
Syllis nigricirris Grube, 1863
Syllis nuchalis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis parapari San Martín & López, 2000
Syllis pectinans Haswell, 1920
Syllis pontxioi San Martín & López, 2000
Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852
Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)
Syllis rosea (Langerhans, 1879)
Syllis schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Syllis torquata Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
Syllis truncata Haswell, 1920
Syllis tyrrhena (Licher & Kuper, 1998)
Syllis variegata Grube, 1860
Syllis vittata Grube, 1840
Syllis vivipara Krohn, 1869
Syllis westheidei San Martín, 1984

Literature

original description	Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de. 1818. [USE FOR POLYCHAETA = Vol. 5. Annelides of ...] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l`Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie] Paris, Deterville, 612 pp
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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Syllis. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129680