RAS taxon details
Syllis Lamarck, 1818
129680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129680)
accepted
Genus
Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Langerhansia Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Typosyllis (Typosyllis) Langerhans, 1879 · unaccepted
- Species Syllis antarctica (Averincev, 1972)
- Species Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Syllis bifida (Hartmann-Schröder, 1986)
- Species Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
- Species Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863
- Species Syllis pennelli (Knox & Cameron, 1998)
- Species Syllis prolixa Ehlers, 1901
- Species Syllis sclerolaema Ehlers, 1900
- Species Syllis valida Grube, 1857
- Species Syllis variegata Grube, 1860
- Species Syllis brachycola Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Syllis valida Grube, 1857 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 317-318 [details]
page(s): 317-318 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2026-06-13
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2026-06-13
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original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 317-318 [details]
original description (of Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 32-33 [details]
original description (of Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879) Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 526, 528-529 [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 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo.; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2024). The genus <i>Syllis</i> Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Fourth part). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5453(1): 1-32., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5453.1.1
note: Review of Australian Syllis, plus a key, page 22, to the Australian Syllis. [details] Available for editors
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) [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 Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 43-44 [details]
page(s): 317-318 [details]
original description (of Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 32-33 [details]
original description (of Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879) Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 526, 528-529 [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 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo.; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2024). The genus <i>Syllis</i> Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Fourth part). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5453(1): 1-32., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5453.1.1
note: Review of Australian Syllis, plus a key, page 22, to the Australian Syllis. [details] Available for editors
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) [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 Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 43-44 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syllis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Typosyllis) (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To The Arctic Traits Database (17 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) (from synonym Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Typosyllis) (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879)
To The Arctic Traits Database (17 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) (from synonym Ehlersia Quatrefages, 1866)
To ITIS
