WoRMS taxon details
Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900)
131279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131279)
accepted
Species
Branchiosyllis abranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Branchiosyllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Branchiosyllis uncinigera (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Syllis (Typosyllis) fuscosuturata Augener, 1922 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Syllis (Typosyllis) grandigularis Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym; alternate...)
subjective synonym; alternate representation
Syllis (Typosyllis) plessisi Rullier, 1972 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Syllis exilis Gravier, 1900 · unaccepted (superseded alternate...)
superseded alternate representation of original combination
Syllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Trypanosyllis uncinigera Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Typosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Typosyllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900) Gravier, Charles. (1900). Contribution à l'étude des annélides polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Première partie. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (Series 4) 2: 137-282, plates 9-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36872698
page(s): 160-162, text-figs. 28-30, plate IX fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 160-162, text-figs. 28-30, plate IX fig. 9 [details]
Holotype (of Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900)... , Type locality contained in Djiboutian part of the Red Sea
Holotype (of Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900) MNHN 143, geounit Djiboutian part of the Gulf of Aden [details]
type locality contained in Djiboutian part of the Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Shallow waters.
Distribution Apparently circumtropical; also present in the warmest areas of the Mediterranean Sea.
Depth range Shallow waters. [details]
Distribution Apparently circumtropical; also present in the warmest areas of the Mediterranean Sea.
Distribution Apparently circumtropical; also present in the warmest areas of the Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131279 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900) Gravier, Charles. (1900). Contribution à l'étude des annélides polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Première partie. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (Series 4) 2: 137-282, plates 9-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36872698
page(s): 160-162, text-figs. 28-30, plate IX fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Trypanosyllis uncinigera Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf
page(s): 86-87, plate 7 figs. 54, 57-58, plate 9 figs. 55-56 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Branchiosyllis abranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1965. Zur Kenntnis der eulitoralen Polychaetenfauna von Hawaii, Palmyra und Samoa. Naturwissenschaflichen Vereins in Hamburg, Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen, Supplement 9: 81-161.
page(s): 113-114, figs. 39-41 [details]
original description (of Syllis (Typosyllis) fuscosuturata Augener, 1922) Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 43-44 [details]
original description (of Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 612 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 604 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Syllis (Typosyllis) plessisi Rullier, 1972) Rullier, François. (1972). Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie recueillies par Y. Plessis et B. Salvat. <em>Expédition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.</em> 6: 6-169.
page(s): 61, fig. 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 160-162, text-figs. 28-30, plate IX fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Trypanosyllis uncinigera Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf
page(s): 86-87, plate 7 figs. 54, 57-58, plate 9 figs. 55-56 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Branchiosyllis abranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1965. Zur Kenntnis der eulitoralen Polychaetenfauna von Hawaii, Palmyra und Samoa. Naturwissenschaflichen Vereins in Hamburg, Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen, Supplement 9: 81-161.
page(s): 113-114, figs. 39-41 [details]
original description (of Syllis (Typosyllis) fuscosuturata Augener, 1922) Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 43-44 [details]
original description (of Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 612 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 604 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Syllis (Typosyllis) plessisi Rullier, 1972) Rullier, François. (1972). Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie recueillies par Y. Plessis et B. Salvat. <em>Expédition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.</em> 6: 6-169.
page(s): 61, fig. 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; San Martín, Guillermo; Aguado, Maria Teresa. (2012). The genus <i>Branchiosyllis</i> Ehlers, 1887 from Philippines Islands, with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3542: 49-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3542.html
page(s): 57-58 [details]
redescription Lucas Rodríguez, Yolanda; San Martín, Guillermo; Fiege, Dieter. (2017 (2018 in print)). Two new species of <i>Branchiosyllis</i> Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) and redescription of <i>Branchiosyllis exilis</i> (Gravier, 1900), from Socotra Archipelago (Yemen, Indian Ocean). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(3): 1519–1527., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0657-8
page(s): 7-8, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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]
page(s): 57-58 [details]
redescription Lucas Rodríguez, Yolanda; San Martín, Guillermo; Fiege, Dieter. (2017 (2018 in print)). Two new species of <i>Branchiosyllis</i> Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) and redescription of <i>Branchiosyllis exilis</i> (Gravier, 1900), from Socotra Archipelago (Yemen, Indian Ocean). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(3): 1519–1527., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0657-8
page(s): 7-8, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription 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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Huang ZG., Li ZY., Morton B. & Leung TY. (2000). Biofouling of cage mariculture zones in the southern waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 16. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 77-99. [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)
note: listing only [details]
additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional 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]
additional source Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 17 [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1978). Einige Sylliden-Arten (Polychaeta) von Hawaii und aus dem Karibischen Meer. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 75: 49-61.
page(s): 57, figures 15-20; note: Description and record for Kahului, Maui, Hawaii [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z. (2003). Eusyllinae and Syllinae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northen Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 72(3): 769-793. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Aguado, Marıa Teresa; Martin, Guillermo S.; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2008). Contribution to the knowledge of Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Japan with descriptions of three new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 6(4): 521-550., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S1477200008002831
page(s): 535; note: additional record for Japan [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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)
note: listing only [details]
additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional 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]
additional source Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 17 [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1978). Einige Sylliden-Arten (Polychaeta) von Hawaii und aus dem Karibischen Meer. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 75: 49-61.
page(s): 57, figures 15-20; note: Description and record for Kahului, Maui, Hawaii [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z. (2003). Eusyllinae and Syllinae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northen Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 72(3): 769-793. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Aguado, Marıa Teresa; Martin, Guillermo S.; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2008). Contribution to the knowledge of Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Japan with descriptions of three new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 6(4): 521-550., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S1477200008002831
page(s): 535; note: additional record for Japan [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900) MNHN 143, geounit Djiboutian part of the Gulf of Aden [details]
Syntype (of Syllis grandigularis Verrill, 1900) YPM 2974 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow waters. [details]Distribution Apparently circumtropical; also present in the warmest areas of the Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae, sponges, gorgonians, and coral rubble, in shallow water. [details]
Unreviewed
Bioclimatic category temperate-warm [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツメシリス | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Branchiosyllis uncinigera (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Syllis exilis Gravier, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Typosyllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiosyllis exilis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Syllis exilis Gravier, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Trypanosyllis uncinigera Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900))
To PESI (from synonym Branchiosyllis uncinigera (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960))
To PESI (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Typosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Syllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Branchiosyllis uncinigera (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Syllis exilis Gravier, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Typosyllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiosyllis exilis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Syllis exilis Gravier, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Trypanosyllis uncinigera Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
To PESI (from synonym Typosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900))
To PESI (from synonym Branchiosyllis uncinigera (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960))
To PESI (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Typosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Syllis fuscosuturata (Augener, 1922))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records)
To ITIS
