WoRMS taxon details
Erinaceusyllis San Martín, 2003
195949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195949)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863) (type by original designation)
- Species Erinaceusyllis barbarae Langeneck, Musco & Castelli in Langeneck, Musco, Busoni, Conese, Aliani & Castelli, 2018
- Species Erinaceusyllis belizensis (Russell, 1989)
- Species Erinaceusyllis bidentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1974)
- Species Erinaceusyllis carrascoi Soto & San Martín, 2017
- Species Erinaceusyllis centroamericana (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959)
- Species Erinaceusyllis cirripapillata San Martín, 2005
- Species Erinaceusyllis cryptica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977)
- Species Erinaceusyllis defneae Çinar & Erdoğan-Dereli̇, 2023
- Species Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)
- Species Erinaceusyllis ettiennei San Martín, 2005
- Species Erinaceusyllis hartmannschroederae San Martín, 2005
- Species Erinaceusyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981)
- Species Erinaceusyllis kathrynae San Martín, 2005
- Species Erinaceusyllis nana Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Erinaceusyllis opisthodentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1987)
- Species Erinaceusyllis perspicax (Ehlers, 1908)
- Species Erinaceusyllis serratosetosa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1982)
- Species Erinaceusyllis simonlledoi Nilsson, Wiklund, Glover, Bribiesca-Contreras & Dahlgren, 2024
- Species Erinaceusyllis subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
- Species Erinaceusyllis paucicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Parapionosyllis paucicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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)
page(s): 227-228 [details]
page(s): 227-228 [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the name of the genus is presumably composed by the specific epithet of its type species,...
Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the name of the genus is presumably composed by the specific epithet of its type species, Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863, together with Syllis Lamarck 1818, the type genus of the family. 'Erinaceous' is a reference to hedgehog-like but Claparède never explained the reason he used the name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Erinaceusyllis San Martín, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195949 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
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)
page(s): 227-228 [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): 227-228 [details]
basis of record 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
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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
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by San Martín (2003: 227-228): "Cuerpo pequeño a diminuto, típicamente corto y con pocos segmentos. Prostomio con tres antenas, cuatro ojos y dos manchas oculares anteriores. Peristomio ancho, generalmente cubre la parte posterior del prostomio, y a veces forma dos expansiones laterales. Un par de cirros tentaculares. Cirros dorsales en el segundo setígero de ordinario ausentes aunque existen en algunas especies. Antenas, cirros tentaculares y dorsales de fusiformes a piriformes, con base bulbosa y extremo más o menos alargado. Un par de cirros anales similares a los dorsales, pero algo más alargados. Sedas compuestas heterogonfas, con artejos alargados o cortos, bidentados, unidentados, o de ambos tipos. Sedas simples dorsales y ventrales en algunos parápodos. Faringe habitualmente sin papilas en la embocadura; diente faríngeo pequeño, situado cerca del margen anterior o algo retrasado. Proventrículo en forma de barril, largo y ancho, con numerosas filas musculares estrechas. Papilas cortas y dispersas, a veces difíciles de ver. Incubación de los huevos dorsal." [details]Diagnosis Diagnosis by San Martín (2005: 73): "Body small to minute, more or less densely covered by papillae, usually small, short, scarce, sometimes also distributed on cirri and parapodia. Prostomium with 3 antennae, 4 eyes and 2 anterior eyespots. Peristomium usually large, covering posterior margin of prostomium, sometimes forming 2 dorsolateral wings covering nuchal organs; single pair of tentacular cirri. Dorsal cirri on chaetiger 2 absent or present, depending upon the species, usually absent. Antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri spindle-shaped to pyriform, with slightly bulbous bases and short to moderately long tip. A pair of anal cirri similar to dorsal cirri, usually longer. Compound chaetae heterogomph, with blades short or long, sometimes long and slender, bidentate, bidentate and unidentate, or unidentate. Pharyngeal tooth small, conical to rhomboidal, located near anterior margin, sometimes near middle of pharynx; pharynx usually without papillae around opening, but present on larger species. Proventricle long and wide, barrelshaped, with numerous, slender muscle cell rows (15–22). Mature males with natatory chaetae; females brooding eggs dorsally, by means of capillary notochaetae." [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the name of the genus is presumably composed by the specific epithet of its type species, Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863, together with Syllis Lamarck 1818, the type genus of the family. 'Erinaceous' is a reference to hedgehog-like but Claparède never explained the reason he used the name. [details]
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Publication date The description of the genus Erinaceusyllis has been published in 2005 but it was already mentioned in 2003. [details]
