Species under Sphaerosyllis
n= 33
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Sphaerosyllis aciculata
unspecified
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis acuiculata
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis anoculata
Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis austriaca
Banse, 1959
Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis bilobata
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis boeroi
Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005
Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis brevidentata
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis bulbosa
Southern, 1914
Western Central Pacific, Mediterranean Sea and North Sea
Sphaerosyllis californiensis
Hartman, 1966
Eastern Pacific
Sphaerosyllis capensis
Day, 1953
Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis centroamerica
Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis centroamericana
Hartmann-schroeder, 1959
Eastern Pacific
Sphaerosyllis claparedei
Ehlers, 1864
Western Central Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis glandulata
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis gravinae
Somaschini & San Martín, 1994
Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis hirsuta
unspecified
Antarctic
Sphaerosyllis hystrix
Claparède, 1863
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Western Indian Ocean
Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis
(McIntosh, 1885)
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific
Sphaerosyllis longicauda
Wbster & Benedict, 1887
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis longilamina
Russell, 1989
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis magnidentata
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
Sphaerosyllis minima
Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Western Indian Ocean
Sphaerosyllis ovigera
Langerhans, 1879
Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis parvoculata
Russell, 1989
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis perkinsi
Riser, 1991
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis perspicax
Ehlers, 1912
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southeast Pacific
Sphaerosyllis pirifera
Claparède, 1868
Indo-Pacific, Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis
Perkins, 1981
Eastern Central Pacific, Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Sphaerosyllis pumila
Westheide, 1974
Eastern Pacific
Sphaerosyllis renaudae
Hartmann-Schröder, 1958
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis ridgiensis
Blake & Hilbig, 1990
Northeast Pacific
Sphaerosyllis riseri
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis taylori
Perkins, 1981
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
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