RAS name details
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879
147195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147195)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
- Species Typosyllis kerguelensis Averincev, 1972
- Subgenus Typosyllis (Typosyllis) Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
- Species Typosyllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Typosyllis (Typosyllis) bifida Hartmann-Schröder, 1986 accepted as Syllis bifida (Hartmann-Schröder, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Typosyllis (Typosyllis) hyalina (Grube, 1863) accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863
- Species Typosyllis (Typosyllis) variegata (Grube, 1860) accepted as Syllis variegata Grube, 1860
- Species Typosyllis antarctica Averincev, 1972 accepted as Syllis antarctica (Averincev, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Typosyllis bifida Hartmann-Schröder, 1986 accepted as Syllis bifida (Hartmann-Schröder, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination, alternate representation of superseded original combination)
- Species Typosyllis brachychaeta (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Typosyllis brachycola (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Syllis valida Grube, 1857
- Species Typosyllis hyalina (Grube, 1863) accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (superseded recombination)
- Species Typosyllis kerguelenensis Averincev, 1972 accepted as Typosyllis kerguelensis Averincev, 1972
- Species Typosyllis pennelli Knox & Cameron, 1998 accepted as Syllis pennelli (Knox & Cameron, 1998) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Typosyllis prolixa (Ehlers, 1901) accepted as Syllis prolixa Ehlers, 1901 (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
page(s): 526, 528-529 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147195 on 2026-07-13
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147195 on 2026-07-13
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original description
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]
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]
source of synonymy 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)
page(s): 338, 542; note: synonymy with Syllis [details]
status source 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]
status source San Martín, Guillermo. (1992). <i>Syllis</i> Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and North Carolina, with a revision of several species described by Verrill. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 51(2): 167-196., available online at https://bit.ly/2XCD39q
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 526, 528-529 [details]
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]
source of synonymy 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)
page(s): 338, 542; note: synonymy with Syllis [details]
status source 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]
status source San Martín, Guillermo. (1992). <i>Syllis</i> Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and North Carolina, with a revision of several species described by Verrill. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 51(2): 167-196., available online at https://bit.ly/2XCD39q
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
