Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Year
Alluaudella longicirrata		Western Indian Ocean	1973
Ambliosyllis speciosa		Eastern Pacific	1912
Amblyosyllis anae		Northeast Pacific	2019
Amblyosyllis antoni		Mediterranean	2019
Amblyosyllis clarae		Northeast Atlantic	2019
Amblyosyllis emilioi		Southeast Pacific	2019
Amblyosyllis finmarchica		Arctic, Northwest Pacific
Amblyosyllis granosa		Western Central Atlantic	1897
Amblyosyllis hectori		Eastern Central Pacific	2019
Amblyosyllis idae		Mediterranean	2019
Amblyosyllis lineata		Western Atlantic and Medi	1863
Amblyosyllis madeirensis		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1879
Amblyosyllis nigrolineata		Pacific Ocean	1934
Amblyosyllis ovei		Western Central Atlantic	2019
Amblyosyllis plectorhyncha		Mediterranean	1874
Amblyosyllis rhombeata		Western Atlantic	1857
Amblyosyllis speciosa		Western Atlantic
Amblyosyllis spectabilis		Western Indian Ocean, Wes	1861
Anguillosyllis aciculata		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis acsara		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis andeepia		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis blakei		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis bruneiensis		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis carolina		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis denaria		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis elegantissima		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis enneapoda		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis hadra		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis hampsoni		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis hessleri		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis inornata		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis sepula		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis taleola		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anguillosyllis truebloodi		Western Central Pacific	2020
Anoplosyllis edentula		Southeast Pacific and the	1868
Antonbruunia viridis		Southeast Pacific and the
Atelesyllis rubrofasciata		Western Central Pacific	1930
Autolytus anoplos		Western Central Atlantic	1933
Autolytus arboreus		Eastern Pacific	1974
Autolytus beringianus		Arctic and Northern Pacif	1934
Autolytus bicolor		Western Central Pacific	1972
Autolytus bondei		Southeast Atlantic and We	1934
Autolytus brevicirrata		Western Central Atlantic	1936
Autolytus emertoni		Western Central Atlantic
Autolytus fasciatus		Western Central Atlantic
Autolytus juventudensis		Western Central Atlantic	1994
Autolytus longeferiens		Western Central Atlantic
Autolytus maclearanus		Antarctic Atlantic and In	1885
Autolytus magnus	Noble necklace-worm	Northeast Pacific
Autolytus megodon		Northeast Pacific	1887
Autolytus multidentatus		Eastern Pacific	1959
Autolytus multidenticulatus		Eastern Pacific	1974
Autolytus paradoxus		Eastern Pacific	1887
Autolytus pictus		Eastern Pacific
Autolytus pseudosimplex		Western Central Atlantic	1922
Autolytus robustisetus		Northwest Pacific	1978
Autolytus rubrolineatus		Northwest Pacific	1967
Autolytus scheremetevskiyi		Northwest Pacific	1982
Autolytus setoensis		Northwest Pacific	1966
Autolytus simplex		Antarctic Atlantic	1900
Autolytus smittiae		Antarctic Atlantic	1883
Autolytus tamanus		Western Central Atlantic	1966
Autolytus tuberculatus		Western Central Atlantic
Autolytus varius		Eastern Pacific	1914
Autolytus verrilli		Northeast Pacific
Autolytus zonatus		Western Indian Ocean	1973
Branchiosyllis belchiori		Western Indian Ocean	2019
Branchiosyllis cirropunctata		Indo-West Pacific.	1909
Branchiosyllis diazi		Western Central Atlantic	1959
Branchiosyllis exilis		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen	1900
Branchiosyllis gonzaguinhai		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen	2019
Branchiosyllis noviseta		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Branchiosyllis oculata		Central America	1887
Branchiosyllis pacifica		Western Central Atlantic	1941
Branchiosyllis salina		Eastern Pacific	1959
Brania arminii		Eastern Atlantic, Mediter	1881
Brania brevipharyngea		Northeast Pacific
Brania furcelligera		Eastern Indian Ocean
Brania gallagheri		Western Central Atlantic	1981
Brania glandulosa		Western Central Atlantic	1980
Brania kerguelensis		Antarctic	1885
Brania longisetis		Western Central Atlantic	1919
Brania mediodentata		Western Central Atlantic	1974
Brania oculata		Western Central Atlantic	1960
Brania pusilla		Northeast Atlantic and th	1839
Brania rhopalophora		Antarctic	1897
Brania robusta		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1973
Brania subterranea		Western Central Atlantic	1956
Brania wellfleetensis		Western Central Atlantic	1956
Braniella palpata		Western Central Atlantic
Braniella pupa		Western Central Atlantic
Brevicirrosyllis weismanni		Western Indian Ocean, Atl	1879
Campesyllis minor		Western Indian Ocean, Atl
Dentatisyllis brevicirra		Western Central Atlantic	1992
Dentatisyllis carolinae		Eastern Central Pacific a	1973
Dentatisyllis mangalis		Western Central Atlantic	1995
Dioplosyllis broadi		Western Central Atlantic
Dioplosyllis cirrosa		Mediterranean Sea.	1962
Dioplosyllis octodentata		Western Central Atlantic	1981
Ehlersia beneliahuae		Western Central Atlantic	1982
Ehlersia botosaneanui		Western Central Atlantic	1973
Ehlersia broomensis		Western Central Atlantic	1979
Ehlersia cornula		Western Central Atlantic	1843
Ehlersia ferrugina		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P	1881
Ehlersia garciai		Western Central Atlantic	1982
Ehlersia maryae		Western Central Atlantic	1992
Ehlersia mexicana		Western Central Atlantic	1960
Ehlersia nepiotoca		Western Central Atlantic	1916
Epigamia alexandri		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti	1867
Epigamia charcoti		Southeast Pacific and Ant	1906
Epigamia macrophthalma		Mediterranean Sea.	1875
Epigamia usaensis		Indo-West Pacific	1966
Erinaceusyllis belizensis		Western Central Atlantic	1989
Erinaceusyllis bidentata		Eastern Indian Ocean	1974
Erinaceusyllis cryptica		Mediterranean Sea.	1977
Erinaceusyllis erinaceus		Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atl	1863
Erinaceusyllis serratosetosa		Mediterranean Sea.	1982
Eurysyllis tuberculata		Indian Ocean, Western Cen	1864
Eusyllis assimilis		Indo-Pacific and the Medi	1876
Eusyllis blomstrandi		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	1867
Eusyllis ceylonica		Western Central Pacific	1926
Eusyllis edenticulata		Western Central Pacific	1965
Eusyllis habei		Northeast Pacific	1966
Eusyllis heterocirrata		Eastern Pacific	1959
Eusyllis homocirrata		Western Central Atlantic	1958
Eusyllis intermedia		Western Central Atlantic	1887
Eusyllis japonica		Northeast Pacific
Eusyllis kerguelensis		Antarctic.	1885
Eusyllis kupfferi		Western Central Atlantic	1879
Eusyllis lamelligera		Western Central Atlantic,	1875
Eusyllis longicirrata		Western Central Atlantic,
Eusyllis magnifica		Western Central Atlantic,
Eusyllis maxima		Antarctic Atlantic	1930
Eusyllis spirocirrata		Eastern Pacific	1959
Eusyllis tubicola		Eastern Pacific
Exogone acerata		Mediterranean Sea.	1990
Exogone arenosa		Western Central Atlantic	1981
Exogone atlantica		Western Central Atlantic	1981
Exogone brasiliensis		Western Central Atlantic	2019
Exogone breviantennata		Indo-Pacific and Western	1979
Exogone brevipes		Western Indian Ocean and	1864
Exogone campoyi		Mediterranean Sea.	1996
Exogone canyonincolae		Mediterranean Sea.	2009
Exogone caribensis		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Exogone clavator		Southeast Atlantic and We	1913
Exogone cognettii		Mediterranean Sea.	1987
Exogone dispar		Arctic, Atlantic, the Med	1879
Exogone exmouthensis		Western Central Atlantic	1980
Exogone fauveli		Mediterranean Sea.	1961
Exogone furcifera		Mediterranean Sea.	1868
Exogone gambiae		Mediterranean Sea.	1994
Exogone gemmifera		Western Central Atlantic	1862
Exogone glandulosa		Eastern Pacific	1943
Exogone hebes		Northern Atlantic, the Me	1884
Exogone heboides		Western Indian Ocean	1977
Exogone heterosetosa		Antarctic.	1885
Exogone longicirrus		Antarctic.	1887
Exogone longicornis		Pacific Ocean	1974
Exogone longispinulata		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Exogone lopezi		Mediterranean Sea.	1996
Exogone lourei		Eastern Pacific and Weste	1938
Exogone meridionalis		Mediterranean Sea.	1955
Exogone microtentaculata		Eastern Pacific	1974
Exogone molesta		Northeast Pacific
Exogone naidina		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	1845
Exogone naidinoides		Western Central Atlantic	1974
Exogone occidentalis		Western Central Atlantic	1974
Exogone pseudolourei		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Exogone remanei		Western Indian Ocean	1967
Exogone rocas		Western Indian Ocean	2020
Exogone rolani		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Exogone rostrata		Mediterranean Sea.	1933
Exogone simplex		Western Indian Ocean	1960
Exogone sorbei		Mediterranean Sea.	1996
Exogone torulosa		Mediterranean Sea.	1864
Exogone uniformis		Mediterranean Sea.
Exogone verugera		Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atl	1868
Exogone wolfi		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Exogonella brunnea		Western Central Atlantic
Fauvelia martinensis		Western Central Atlantic	1900
Grubeosyllis gracilis		Western Indian Ocean	1960
Grubeosyllis heterocirra		Western Central Atlantic	1941
Grubeosyllis nitidula		Western Central Atlantic	1900
Grubeosyllis nuchalata		Western Indian Ocean	1960
Grubeosyllis rugulosa		Western Central Atlantic	1900
Grubeosyllis vieitzi		Western Central Atlantic	1984
Haplosyllis aberrans		Western Central Atlantic	1939
Haplosyllis agelas		Western Central Atlantic	1982
Haplosyllis chamaeleon		Mediterranean Sea.	1960
Haplosyllis djiboutiensis		Western Indian Ocean	1900
Haplosyllis floridana		Western Central Atlantic	1924
Haplosyllis granulosa		Mediterranean Sea.	2007
Haplosyllis spongicola	Sponge worm	Indo-Pacific, Western Atl	1855
Haplosyllis spongiphila		Northeast Pacific	1885
Inermosyllis balearica		Mediterranean Sea.	1982
Langerhansia anops		Mediterranean Sea.
Langerhansia cornuta		Pacific Ocean.	1843
Langerhansia heterochaeta		Eastern Pacific	1909
Megasyllis chiki		Eastern Pacific	2021
Megasyllis inflata		Western Central Pacific	1879
Miscellania dentata		Mediterranean Sea.	1990
Myrianida brachycephala		Mediterranean Sea.	1874
Myrianida convoluta		Western Indian Ocean, Wes	1953
Myrianida crassicirrata		Western Indian Ocean, Wes	1965
Myrianida dentalia		Western Central Atlantic	1966
Myrianida edwardsi		Northeast Atlantic and th	1887
Myrianida hesperidium		Mediterranean Sea.	1868
Myrianida inermis		Mediterranean Sea.	1887
Myrianida langerhansi		Mediterranean Sea.	1967
Myrianida longoprimicirrata		Mediterranean Sea.	1997
Myrianida pinnigera		Mediterranean Sea.	1808
Myrianida prolifera		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit	1788
Myrianida quinquedecimdentata		Western Indian Ocean, Atl	1884
Myrianida rubropunctata		Western Indian Ocean, Atl	1860
Neopetitia amphophthalma		Western Indian Ocean, Atl	1956
Nudisyllis divaricata		Western Central Atlantic	1862
Nudisyllis pulligera		Western Indian Ocean, Eas	1852
Odontosyllis brevipes		Eastern Pacific	1959
Odontosyllis ctenostoma		Mediterranean Sea.	1868
Odontosyllis detecta		Western Central Atlantic	1913
Odontosyllis dugesiana		Mediterranean Sea.	1864
Odontosyllis enopla		Western Central Atlantic	1900
Odontosyllis freycinetensis		Western Central Atlantic	1913
Odontosyllis fulgurans		Western Indian Ocean, Wes	1833
Odontosyllis gibba		Northeast Atlantic, Indo-	1863
Odontosyllis gravelyi		Indian Ocean	1928
Odontosyllis heterodonta		Eastern Pacific	1993
Odontosyllis longicornis		Western Indian Ocean	1960
Odontosyllis longigulata		Western Central Atlantic	1981
Odontosyllis longiseta		Western Central Atlantic
Odontosyllis luminosa		Western Central Atlantic	1990
Odontosyllis maculata		Western Central Atlantic
Odontosyllis octodentata		Western Central Atlantic	1917
Odontosyllis parva		Northeast Pacific
Odontosyllis phosphorea		Eastern Pacific	1909
Odontosyllis picta		Southwest Pacific	1866
Odontosyllis polycera		Pacific Ocean.	1861
Odontosyllis polyodonta		Pacific Ocean.	1887
Odontosyllis rubrofasciata		Indo-West Pacific	1878
Odontosyllis twincayensis		Western Central Atlantic	1989
Odontosyllis undecimdonta		Eastern Pacific	1964
Opisthodonta brunnea		Western Central Atlantic	1879
Opisthodonta longidentata		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Opisthodonta morena		Eastern Atlantic, Western	1879
Opisthodonta serratisetosa		Mediterranean Sea.	1997
Opisthodonta uraga		Western Central Atlantic	1966
Opisthodontha mitchelli		Eastern Pacific	1995
Opisthosyllis ankylochaeta		Western Central Pacific	1921
Opisthosyllis arboricola		Eastern Pacific	1959
Opisthosyllis australis		Western Central Pacific	1913

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Family: Syllidae (See list of species below)

Family: Syllidae

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