WoRMS name details
Syllis (Typosyllis) Langerhans, 1879
238327 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238327)
unaccepted
Subgenus
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) alternata (Moore, 1908) accepted as Syllis alternata Moore, 1908
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) alternosetosa Saint Joseph, 1887 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) amica Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Syllis amica Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) annularis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Typosyllis annularis (Verrill, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960 accepted as Syllis attenuata Knox, 1960 (Typosyllis as subgenus and genus is now unused)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) augeneri Haswell, 1920 accepted as Syllis augeneri Haswell, 1920 (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) bilineata Zachs, 1933 accepted as Typosyllis armillaris bilineata (Zachs, 1933) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) bouvieri Gravier, 1900 accepted as Syllis bouvieri Gravier, 1900 (superseded original combination; unaccepted subgenus)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) catenula Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) cincinnata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) cirropunctata Michel, 1909 accepted as Branchiosyllis cirropunctata (Michel, 1909) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) compacta Gravier, 1900 accepted as Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900 (superseded original representation)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicoides Augener, 1922 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicola Verrill, 1900 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (superseded original representation)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) corallicoloides Augener, 1922 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) cornuta Rathke, 1843 accepted as Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) corruscans (Haswell, 1886) accepted as Megasyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886) (superseded recombination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) coruscans Haswell, 1886 accepted as Megasyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886) (superseded recombination, also misspelling)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) decorus Chlebovitsch, 1961 accepted as Typosyllis adamanteus (Treadwell, 1914) accepted as Syllis adamantea (Treadwell, 1914) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) diplomorpha Verrill, 1900 accepted as Typosyllis diplomorpha (Verrill, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) fasciata Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Syllis fasciata Malmgren, 1867
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) fuscosuturata Augener, 1922 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) gerlachi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Syllis gerlachi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) gerundensis (Alós & Campoy, 1981) accepted as Syllis gerundensis (Alós & Campoy, 1981)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) golfonovensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) accepted as Syllis golfonovensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) grandigularis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (subjective synonym; alternate representation)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) harti (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938) accepted as Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) hyalina Grube, 1863 accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (superseded alternate representation)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) krohni Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Syllis krohnii Ehlers, 1864 (superseded alternate representation; incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) krohnii Ehlers, 1864 accepted as Syllis krohnii Ehlers, 1864 (superseded alternate representation of original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) kurilensis Chlebovitsch, 1959 accepted as Typosyllis adamanteus kurilensis (Chlebovitsch, 1959) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) lunaris (Imajima, 1966) accepted as Syllis lunaris (Imajima, 1966) (superseded recombination with abandoned subgeneric rank)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) lunaroides Ben-Eliahu, 1977 accepted as Syllis lutea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) magnipectinis Storch, 1967 accepted as Typosyllis magnipectinis (Storch, 1967) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) melanopharyngea Augener, 1918 accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) parturiens Haswell, 1920 accepted as Syllis parturiens Haswell, 1920 (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) pectinans Haswell, 1920 accepted as Syllis pectinans Haswell, 1920 (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) plessisi Rullier, 1972 accepted as Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) prolifera Krohn, 1852 accepted as Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881) accepted as Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) regulata accepted as Typosyllis (Typosyllis) regulata Imajima, 1966
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) safrieli Ben-Eliahu, 1977 accepted as Syllis lutea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Syllis schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) sclerolaema Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Syllis sclerolaema Ehlers, 1901 (invalid subgenus)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) stewarti Berkeley & Berkeley, 1942 accepted as Syllis stewarti Berkeley & Berkeley, 1942 (disused subgenus)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) tigrinoides Augener, 1922 accepted as Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) torquata Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 accepted as Syllis torquata Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) tortugaensis Augener, 1922 accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) tristanensis Day, 1954 accepted as Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym; alternate representation)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) truncata Haswell, 1920 accepted as Syllis truncata Haswell, 1920
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) uschakovi Chlebovitsch, 1959 accepted as Parasphaerosyllis uschakovi (Chlebovitsch, 1959) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) variegata Grube, 1860 accepted as Syllis variegata Grube, 1860
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) verruculosa Augener, 1913 accepted as Branchiosyllis verruculosa (Augener, 1913) (superseded original combination)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) vittata Grube, 1840 accepted as Syllis vittata Grube, 1840
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) vivipara Krohn, 1869 accepted as Syllis vivipara Krohn, 1869
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) zonata (Haswell, 1886) accepted as Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852 (recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) filiformis Rullier, 1972 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Syllis (Typosyllis) punctulata Haswell, 1920 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 528-529 [details]
page(s): 528-529 [details]
Etymology The subgeneric name Typosyllis is composed by the prefix of Greek origin typ-, meaning 'stamp' or 'model', and the name of...
Etymology The subgeneric name Typosyllis is composed by the prefix of Greek origin typ-, meaning 'stamp' or 'model', and the name of the stem genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, which is also the type genus of the family Syllidae, and seems to refer to the fact that when described it was the most common of all four subgenera in which the genus Syllis was divided. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Typosyllis) Langerhans, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238327 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737
page(s): 528-529 [details]
page(s): 528-529 [details]
Taxonomy




From editor or global species database
Etymology The subgeneric name Typosyllis is composed by the prefix of Greek origin typ-, meaning 'stamp' or 'model', and the name of the stem genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, which is also the type genus of the family Syllidae, and seems to refer to the fact that when described it was the most common of all four subgenera in which the genus Syllis was divided. [details]