Deep-Sea taxon details
Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
131415 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131415)
accepted
Species
Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Typosyllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (synonym)
Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Typosyllis brachychaeta (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted
Typosyllis closterobranchia (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum: Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. <em>Copenhagen: Typis Hallagerii.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [2626] [details]
page(s): 217 [2626] [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131415 on 2025-06-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131415 on 2025-06-07
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(of Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 72, three unnumbered text-figs. on bottom of page 72 [details]
original description (of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum: Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. <em>Copenhagen: Typis Hallagerii.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [2626] [details]
taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230(3): 251-295., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5230.3.1
page(s): 252, figure 1; note: description and record for NSW, Australia. Said to be cosmopolitan [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
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]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
additional source Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn.</em> 4: 109-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322860
page(s): 117-118 [details]
additional source Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198
page(s): 181-182 [details]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1955). Annélides Polychètes de la Croisière de la Calypso en Mer Rouge en 1952. <em>Resultats Scientifique de les Campagnes de Calypso.</em> 3: 101-120 [no figures].
page(s): 107, no figures; note: record for Ile Abulat, Red Sea, and short description [details] Available for editors
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]
source of synonymy McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]
redescription Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). A new sponge-associated species, <i>Syllis mayeri</i> n. sp. (Polychaeta: Syllidae), with a discussion on the status of <i>S. armillaris</i> (Müller, 1776). <i>Scientia Marina</i>. 69(4): 467-474., available online at http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/3233/ [details] Available for editors
redescription 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]
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 [details]
page(s): 72, three unnumbered text-figs. on bottom of page 72 [details]
original description (of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum: Characteres, Nomina, et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium. <em>Copenhagen: Typis Hallagerii.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [2626] [details]
taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230(3): 251-295., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5230.3.1
page(s): 252, figure 1; note: description and record for NSW, Australia. Said to be cosmopolitan [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
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]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
additional source Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn.</em> 4: 109-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322860
page(s): 117-118 [details]
additional source Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198
page(s): 181-182 [details]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1955). Annélides Polychètes de la Croisière de la Calypso en Mer Rouge en 1952. <em>Resultats Scientifique de les Campagnes de Calypso.</em> 3: 101-120 [no figures].
page(s): 107, no figures; note: record for Ile Abulat, Red Sea, and short description [details] Available for editors
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]
source of synonymy McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]
redescription Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). A new sponge-associated species, <i>Syllis mayeri</i> n. sp. (Polychaeta: Syllidae), with a discussion on the status of <i>S. armillaris</i> (Müller, 1776). <i>Scientia Marina</i>. 69(4): 467-474., available online at http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/3233/ [details] Available for editors
redescription 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]
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 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Authority Authority is given to Malmgren by MacNae & Kalk (1958) and Kalk (1958).Syllis armillaris, S. brachychaeta and S. closterobranchia are synonyms. Priority is given to the first name. (Fishelson & Rullier, 1969) [details]
Bioclimatic category eurythermic [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syllis armillaris)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris, dorsal)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis brachychaeta (Schmarda, 1861))
To PESI (from synonym Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Typosyllis closterobranchia (Schmarda, 1861))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Typosyllis brachychaeta (Schmarda, 1861))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (14 records) (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (40 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syllis armillaris)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris, dorsal)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis brachychaeta (Schmarda, 1861))
To PESI (from synonym Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Typosyllis closterobranchia (Schmarda, 1861))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Typosyllis brachychaeta (Schmarda, 1861))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (14 records) (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (40 records)
To ITIS
