Syllidae Grube, 1850 
AphiaID: 948

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Nereidiformia

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Nereidiformia
Sources		original description: Grube, A.E. 1850. Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 16(1): 249-364., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31180#page/257/mode/1up [details] basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] additional source: Aguado, M.T.; Nygren, A.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. Phylogeny of Syllidae (Polychaeta) based on combined molecular analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Cladistics 23(6): 552-564 [details] additional source: Aguado, M. T.; San Martin, G.; Siddall, M. E. 2012. Systematics and evolution of syllids (Annelida, Syllidae). Cladistics 28(3): 234-250., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00377.x [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] taxonomy source: San Martín G (2003) Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, p 1-554 [details] identification resource: San Martín G (2003) Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, p 1-554 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subfamily Anoplosyllinae Aguado & San Martin, 2009    » Genus Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884 Subfamily Autolytinae Langerhans, 1879    » Genus Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845 Subfamily Eusyllinae Malaquin, 1893    » Genus Eusyllis Malmgren, 1867 » Genus Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863 » Genus Streptodonta San Martín & Hutchings, 2006 Subfamily Exogoninae Langerhans, 1879    » Genus Erinaceusyllis San Martín, 2005 » Genus Exogone Örsted, 1845 » Genus Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863 Subfamily Syllinae Rioja, 1925    » Genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Syllidae added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:948
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2006-11-22 11:48:47Z   checked   Musco, Luigi 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Syllidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=948 on 2013-05-20
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