MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863
129677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129677)
accepted
Genus
- Species Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914
- Species Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863
- Species Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879
- Species Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868
- Species Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis thomasi San Martín, 1984
- Species Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)
- Species Sphaerosyllis tetralix Eliason, 1920 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920) (Following subgenus synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129677 on 2025-05-21
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129677 on 2025-05-21
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Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors
identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors
identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
