Species under Syllis
n= 55
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Syllis aciculata
(Treadwell, 1945)
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
Syllis alternata
Moore, 1908
Arctic, Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Syllis amica
Quatrefages, 1866
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis anoculata
(Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis armillaris
(Müller, 1776)
Indo-Pacific, Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis bella
Chamberlin, 1919
Eastern Pacific
Syllis beneliahuae
(Campoy & Alquézar, 1982)
Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Central Pacific and the Mediterranean
Syllis benguellana
Day, 1963
Northwest Pacific
Syllis bisetosa
unspecified
Western Indian Ocean
Syllis brasiliensis
McIntosh, 1885
Western Central Atlantic
Syllis caeca
(Katzmann, 1973)
Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean
Syllis castroviejoi
Capa, San-Martín & López,2001
Eastern Pacific
Syllis compacta
Gravier, 1900
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis corallicola
Verrill, 1900
Western Central Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean
Syllis corallicoloides
Augener, 1922
Eastern Pacific
Syllis cornuta
Rathke, 1843
Cosmopolitan 3
Syllis cruzi
Núñez & San Martín, 1991
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis elongata
(Johnson, 1901)
Eastern Pacific
Syllis exilis
unspecified
Western Central Pacific
Syllis fasciata
Malamgren, 1867
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
Syllis ferrani
Alós & San Martín, 1987
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis filiformis
Rullier, 1972
Western Central Pacific
Syllis garciai
(Campoy, 1982)
Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean
Syllis gerundensis
(Alós & Campoy, 1981)
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis golfonovensis
(Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis gracilis
Grube, 1840
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis heterochaeta
Moore, 1909
Northeast Pacific
Syllis hyalina
Grube, 1863
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Syllis kabilica
Ben-Eliahu, 1977
Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic ad the Mediterranean Sea
Syllis krohni
Ehlers, 1864
Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean
Syllis longisegmentata
Grube, 1857
Western Central Atlantic
Syllis longissima
Gravier, 1900
Eastern Pacific
Syllis magna
(Westheide, 1974)
Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean
Syllis monilaris
(Savigny, 1812)
Western Indian Ocean
Syllis nigricirris
Grube, 1863
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis nuchalis
(Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis palifica
Ehlers, 1901
Eastern Pacific
Syllis parapari
San Martín & López, 2000
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis pectinans
Haswell, 1920
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis pontxioi
San Martín & López, 2000
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis prolifera
Krohn, 1852
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis prolixa
Ehlers, 1901
Antarctic Atlantic
Syllis pulvinata
(Langerhans, 1881)
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis quaternaria
unspecified
Arctic
Syllis rosea
(Langerhans, 1879)
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis sardai
San Martín, 1992
Western Central Atlantic
Syllis schulzi
(Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Syllis sclerolaema
Ehlers, 1901
Northeast Pacific and Antarctic
Syllis torquata
Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis tyrrhena
(Licher & Kuper, 1998)
Mediterranean Sea
Syllis valida
Grube, 1857
Antarctic
Syllis variegata
Grube, 1860
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Syllis vittata
Grube, 1840
Western Indian Ocean, Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Syllis vivipara
Krohn, 1869
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Syllis westheidei
San Martín, 1984
Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
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