Marine Species Traits - Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919

Traits taxon details

Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919

AphiaID

129468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129468)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Synelmis simplex Chamberlin, 1919 (type by original designation)

Parent

Synelminae Salazar-Vallejo, 1987

Original name

Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919

Direct children (20)

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Species Synelmis albini (Langerhans, 1881)
Species Synelmis amoureuxi Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis britayevi Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis emiliae Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis gibbsi Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis glasbyi Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis gorgonensis (Monro, 1933)
Species Synelmis gracilis (Hessle, 1925)
Species Synelmis harrisae Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis kirkegaardi Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis knoxi Glasby, 2003
Species Synelmis levinae Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis rigida (Fauvel, 1919)
Species Synelmis sergi Glasby & Marks, 2013
Species Synelmis simplex Chamberlin, 1919
Species Synelmis sinica Sun & Chen, 1990
Species Synelmis sotoi Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Synelmis urgorrii Moreira & Parapar, 2007
Species Synelmis ewingi Wolf, 1986 accepted as Litocorsa ewingi (Wolf, 1986) (superseded original combination)
Species Synelmis klatti (Friedrich, 1950) accepted as Glyphohesione klatti Friedrich, 1950 (Original combination resurrected)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 165, 176-177 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129468 on 2025-09-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129468 on 2025-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2005-04-11 09:30:41Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2016-02-15 10:35:54Z

changed

Gil, João

[taxonomic tree]

original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 165, 176-177 [details]

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 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. 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]

identification resource Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2003). Revision of Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Pilargidae). Zoosystema. 25(1): 17-42., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/25/1/revision-de-synelmis-chamberlin-1919-annelida-polychaeta-pilargidae [details] Available for editors

identification resource Glasby, Christopher J; Marks, Shona. 2013. Revision of the genus Synelmis Chamberlin, 1919 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Pilargidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3646(5): 561–574 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Synelmis)
To Genbank
To ITIS