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Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863

129677  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129677)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Syllidae (Family)
  9. Exogoninae (Subfamily)
  10. Sphaerosyllis (Genus)
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  1. Species Sphaerosyllis aciculata Perkins, 1981
  2. Species Sphaerosyllis annulata Nogueira, San Martín & Fukuda, 2004
  3. Species Sphaerosyllis antarctica Gravier, 1906
  4. Species Sphaerosyllis arenaceus
  5. Species Sphaerosyllis asiatica Buzhinskaya, 1980
  6. Species Sphaerosyllis austriaca Banse, 1959
  7. Species Sphaerosyllis bardukaciculata San Martín, 2005
  8. Species Sphaerosyllis bengalensis Rao & Ganapati, 1966
  9. Species Sphaerosyllis bifurcata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
  10. Species Sphaerosyllis bifurcatoides (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
  11. Species Sphaerosyllis bilobata Perkins, 1981
  12. Species Sphaerosyllis boeroi Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005
  13. Species Sphaerosyllis brasiliensis Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001
  14. Species Sphaerosyllis brevidentata Perkins, 1981
  15. Species Sphaerosyllis brevifrons Webster & Benedict, 1884
  16. Species Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914
  17. Species Sphaerosyllis californiensis Hartman, 1966
  18. Species Sphaerosyllis capensis Day, 1953
  19. Species Sphaerosyllis ceciliae Barroso, Paiva, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2017
  20. Species Sphaerosyllis chinensis Zhao & Wu, 1992
  21. Species Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864
  22. Species Sphaerosyllis climenti Del-Pilar-Ruso & San Martín, 2012
  23. Species Sphaerosyllis densopapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
  24. Species Sphaerosyllis dieteri San Martín, Lucas & Westheide, 2021
  25. Species Sphaerosyllis dubiosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  26. Species Sphaerosyllis fortuita Webster, 1879
  27. Species Sphaerosyllis georgeharrisoni San Martín, 2005
  28. Species Sphaerosyllis glandulata Perkins, 1981
  29. Species Sphaerosyllis goorabantennata San Martín, 2005
  30. Species Sphaerosyllis gravinae Somaschini & San Martín, 1994
  31. Species Sphaerosyllis hermaphrodita Westheide, 1990
  32. Species Sphaerosyllis hirsuta Ehlers, 1897
  33. Species Sphaerosyllis hutchingsae Ding & Westheide, 2008
  34. Species Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863
  35. Species Sphaerosyllis iliffei Núñez, Martínez & Brito, 2009
  36. Species Sphaerosyllis joinvillensis Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1988
  37. Species Sphaerosyllis jungei Ding & Westheide, 2008
  38. Species Sphaerosyllis labyrinthophila Gardiner & Wilson, 1979
  39. Species Sphaerosyllis lanai Ogawa, Mendes, Siqueira & Rizzo, 2024
  40. Species Sphaerosyllis lateropapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986
  41. Species Sphaerosyllis latipalpis Levinsen, 1883
  42. Species Sphaerosyllis leptocirrata Ding & Westheide, 2008
  43. Species Sphaerosyllis levantina Faulwetter, Chatzigeorgiou, Galil, Nicolaidou & Arvanitidis, 2011
  44. Species Sphaerosyllis longilamina Russell, 1989
  45. Species Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981
  46. Species Sphaerosyllis minima Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
  47. Species Sphaerosyllis monicae Barroso, Paiva, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2017
  48. Species Sphaerosyllis mussismiliaicola Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001
  49. Species Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879
  50. Species Sphaerosyllis papillifera Naville, 1933
  51. Species Sphaerosyllis parabulbosa San Martín & López, 2002
  52. Species Sphaerosyllis parapionosylliiformis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  53. Species Sphaerosyllis parvoculata Russell, 1989
  54. Species Sphaerosyllis perkinsi Riser, 1991
  55. Species Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868
  56. Species Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis Perkins, 1981
  57. Species Sphaerosyllis pontica Surugiu & San Martín, 2017
  58. Species Sphaerosyllis pumila Westheide, 1974
  59. Species Sphaerosyllis pygipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1981
  60. Species Sphaerosyllis qiquani Ding & Westheide, 2008
  61. Species Sphaerosyllis ranunculus Kudenov & Harris, 1995
  62. Species Sphaerosyllis renaudae Hartmann-Schröder, 1958
  63. Species Sphaerosyllis ridgensis Blake & Hilbig, 1990
  64. Species Sphaerosyllis riseri Perkins, 1981
  65. Species Sphaerosyllis rotundipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
  66. Species Sphaerosyllis ruthae San Martín, 2004
  67. Species Sphaerosyllis sandrae Álvarez & San Martín, 2009
  68. Species Sphaerosyllis sanmartini Böggemann & Westheide, 2004
  69. Species Sphaerosyllis sexpapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
  70. Species Sphaerosyllis tarquei Lucas, Sikorski & San Martín, 2018
  71. Species Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981
  72. Species Sphaerosyllis tenuis Ding & Westheide, 2008
  73. Species Sphaerosyllis tetralobata Salcedo, San Martín & Solís-Weiss, 2016
  74. Species Sphaerosyllis thomasi San Martín, 1984
  75. Species Sphaerosyllis voluntariorum San Martín, 2005
  76. Subgenus Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) San Martín, 1984 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984 (Rank change)
    1. Species Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) adelae San Martín, 1984 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis adelae (San Martín, 1984) (superseded original combination)
    2. Species Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) brevicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
    3. Species Sphaerosyllis (Prosphaerosyllis) nathani San Martín & López, 1998 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis nathani (San Martín & López, 1998) (superseded original combination)
  77. Subgenus Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) Claparède, 1863 accepted as Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863
    1. Species Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded alternate representation of original combination)
  78. Species Sphaerosyllis adelae San Martín, 1984 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis adelae (San Martín, 1984) (superseded recombination)
  79. Species Sphaerosyllis belizensis Russell, 1989 accepted as Erinaceusyllis belizensis (Russell, 1989) (superseded original combination)
  80. Species Sphaerosyllis bidentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 accepted as Erinaceusyllis bidentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1974) (superseded alternate representation of original combination)
  81. Species Sphaerosyllis bilineata Kudenov & Harris, 1995 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis bilineata (Kudenov & Harris, 1995) (superseded original combination)
  82. Species Sphaerosyllis brandhorsti Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis brandhorsti (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (superseded original combination)
  83. Species Sphaerosyllis brevicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (superseded original combination)
  84. Species Sphaerosyllis campoyi San Martín, Acero, Contonente & Gómez, 1982 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis campoyi (San Martín, Acero, Contonente & Gómez, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  85. Species Sphaerosyllis centroamericana Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 accepted as Erinaceusyllis centroamericana (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (superseded original combination)
  86. Species Sphaerosyllis claparedi Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864 (misspelling)
  87. Species Sphaerosyllis claparedii Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Sphaerosyllis claparedei Ehlers, 1864 (emended)
  88. Species Sphaerosyllis cryptica Ben-Eliahu, 1977 accepted as Erinaceusyllis cryptica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977) (alternate representation of superseded original combination)
  89. Species Sphaerosyllis cuticulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1991 accepted as Sphaerosyllis densopapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 (subjective synonym)
  90. Species Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)
  91. Species Sphaerosyllis giandoi Somaschini & San Martín, 1994 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis giandoi (Somaschini & San Martín, 1994) (superseded original combination)
  92. Species Sphaerosyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) accepted as Erinaceusyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) (superseded recombination)
  93. Species Sphaerosyllis isabellae Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis isabellae (Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001) (superseded original combination)
  94. Species Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
  95. Species Sphaerosyllis longicauda Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis longicauda (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
  96. Species Sphaerosyllis longicirrata Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Parapionosyllis longicirrata (Webster & Benedict, 1884)
  97. Species Sphaerosyllis longipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
  98. Species Sphaerosyllis magnoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis magnoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1986) (superseded original combination)
  99. Species Sphaerosyllis mcintoshi Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Salvatoria kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
  100. Species Sphaerosyllis multipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis multipapillata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
  101. Species Sphaerosyllis nathani San Martín & López, 1998 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis nathani (San Martín & López, 1998) (superseded re-ranking)
  102. Species Sphaerosyllis opisthoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis opisthoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
  103. Species Sphaerosyllis palpopapillata Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1992 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis palpopapillata (Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1992) (superseded original combination)
  104. Species Sphaerosyllis papillosissima Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis papillosissima (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
  105. Species Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Erinaceusyllis perspicax (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded original combination)
  106. Species Sphaerosyllis pusilla (Dujardin, 1851) accepted as Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851) (superseded recombination)
  107. Species Sphaerosyllis retrodens Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (subjective synonym)
  108. Species Sphaerosyllis semiverrucosa Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis semiverrucosa (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded original combination)
  109. Species Sphaerosyllis sublaevis Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis sublaevis (Ehlers, 1913) (superseded original combination)
  110. Species Sphaerosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Erinaceusyllis subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (superseded original combination)
  111. Species Sphaerosyllis tenuicirrata Claparède, 1864 accepted as Salvatoria tenuicirrata (Claparède, 1864) (superseded original combination)
  112. Species Sphaerosyllis tetralix Eliason, 1920 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920) (Following subgenus synonymy)
  113. Species Sphaerosyllis xarifae Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis xarifae (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details] OpenAccess publication
Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the...  
Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the round shaped antennae and cirri typical of the genus.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129677 on 2025-04-19
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2006-01-25 15:50:31Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
checked
Musco, Luigi
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2020-12-17 09:40:38Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

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.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record 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) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details] 

Other

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 San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [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  PDF available [request]

 
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Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the round shaped antennae and cirri typical of the genus.  [details]

Remark Type species S. hystrix Claparède, 1863 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
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