WoRMS taxon details
Ancistrosyllis McIntosh, 1878
129462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129462)
accepted
Genus
Ancistrosyllis groenlandica McIntosh, 1878 (type by monotypy)
Ancistargis Jones, 1961 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harpochaeta Korschelt, 1893 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Ancistrosyllis breviceps Hartman, 1963
- Species Ancistrosyllis carolinensis Gardiner, 1976
- Species Ancistrosyllis cingulata (Korschelt, 1893)
- Species Ancistrosyllis commensalis Gardiner, 1976
- Species Ancistrosyllis eidimtaiteae Plathong, Plathong & Dean, 2022
- Species Ancistrosyllis falcata (Day, 1957)
- Species Ancistrosyllis fioronii Fiege & Böggemann, 1999
- Species Ancistrosyllis groenlandica McIntosh, 1878
- Species Ancistrosyllis hamata (Hartman, 1960)
- Species Ancistrosyllis hartmanae Pettibone, 1966
- Species Ancistrosyllis jonesi Pettibone, 1966
- Species Ancistrosyllis kornkanokae Plathong, Dean & Plathong, 2021
- Species Ancistrosyllis matlaensis Mandal & Deb, 2018
- Species Ancistrosyllis nakkaritae Plathong, Dean & Plathong, 2021
- Species Ancistrosyllis papillosa (Jones, 1961)
- Species Ancistrosyllis quellina Wesenberg-Lund, 1962
- Species Ancistrosyllis suksani Plathong, Plathong & Dean, 2022
- Species Ancistrosyllis albini Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Synelmis albini (Langerhans, 1881) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis bassi Hartman, 1945 accepted as Sigambra bassi (Hartman, 1945) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis constricta Southern, 1921 accepted as Sigambra constricta (Southern, 1921) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis gorgonensis Monro, 1933 accepted as Synelmis gorgonensis (Monro, 1933) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis gracilis Hessle, 1925 accepted as Synelmis gracilis (Hessle, 1925)
- Species Ancistrosyllis hanaokai Kitamori, 1960 accepted as Sigambra hanaokai (Kitamori, 1960) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis longicirrata Berkeley & Berkeley, 1961 accepted as Podarmus ploa Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym)
- Species Ancistrosyllis ocellata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 accepted as Sigambra ocellata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis parva Day, 1963 accepted as Sigambra parva (Day, 1963) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis pilargiformis Uschakov & Wu, 1962 accepted as Cabira pilargiformis (Uschakov & Wu, 1962) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis rigida Fauvel, 1919 accepted as Synelmis rigida (Fauvel, 1919)
- Species Ancistrosyllis robusta Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Sigambra robusta (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ancistrosyllis tentaculata Treadwell, 1941 accepted as Sigambra tentaculata (Treadwell, 1941) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719
page(s): 502-503 [details]
page(s): 502-503 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Ancistrosyllis is composed by the word ancistrus, derived from the Ancient Greek agkistron and...
Etymology The name of the genus Ancistrosyllis is composed by the word ancistrus, derived from the Ancient Greek agkistron and meaning 'hook', making reference to the "single large and characteristic hook" placed above the parapodial dorsal cirri, and the name of the genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818, the type of the family Syllidae to which the new species was "apparently allied" (McIntosh, 1879: 502). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ancistrosyllis McIntosh, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129462 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719
page(s): 502-503 [details]
original description (of Harpochaeta Korschelt, 1893) Korschelt, E. (1893). Über <i>Ophryotrocha puerilis</i> Clap.-Metschn. und die polytrochen Larven eines anderen Anneliden (<i>Harpochaeta cingulata</i>, nov. gen, nov. spec.). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 57: 224-289, plates XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43285153 [details]
original description (of Ancistargis Jones, 1961) Jones, Meredith L. (1961). Two new polychaetes of the families Pilargidae and Capitellidae from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2049: 1-18., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3490
page(s): 2-3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 502-503 [details]
original description (of Harpochaeta Korschelt, 1893) Korschelt, E. (1893). Über <i>Ophryotrocha puerilis</i> Clap.-Metschn. und die polytrochen Larven eines anderen Anneliden (<i>Harpochaeta cingulata</i>, nov. gen, nov. spec.). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 57: 224-289, plates XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43285153 [details]
original description (of Ancistargis Jones, 1961) Jones, Meredith L. (1961). Two new polychaetes of the families Pilargidae and Capitellidae from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2049: 1-18., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3490
page(s): 2-3 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Plathong, Jintana; Dean, Harlan K.; Plathong, Sakanan. (2021). Four new species of Pilargidae (Annelida: Pilarginae) from the Gulf of Thailand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5071(4): 537-562., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5071.4.4
page(s): 539; note: contains a key to all Ancistrosyllis [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Fiege, Dieter.; Böggemann, Markus. (1999). <i>Ancistrosyllis fioronii</i>, a new species of Pilargidae from the North Sea, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all species of the genus <i>Ancistrosyllis</i> McIntosh 1879 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Pilargidae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 78(1): 135-140.
page(s): 139-140; note: includes a synoptic table and key to all the hitherto known species [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 539; note: contains a key to all Ancistrosyllis [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Fiege, Dieter.; Böggemann, Markus. (1999). <i>Ancistrosyllis fioronii</i>, a new species of Pilargidae from the North Sea, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all species of the genus <i>Ancistrosyllis</i> McIntosh 1879 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Pilargidae). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 78(1): 135-140.
page(s): 139-140; note: includes a synoptic table and key to all the hitherto known species [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
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. <em>[Book chapter].</em> 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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
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. <em>[Book chapter].</em> 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. [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The name of the genus Ancistrosyllis is composed by the word ancistrus, derived from the Ancient Greek agkistron and meaning 'hook', making reference to the "single large and characteristic hook" placed above the parapodial dorsal cirri, and the name of the genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818, the type of the family Syllidae to which the new species was "apparently allied" (McIntosh, 1879: 502). [details]
