Genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

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• Syllis Savigny, J.-C. in Lamarck, J.P. de 1818. Histoire Naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, presentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédes d'une I. Paris : Déterville Vol. 5 pp. 1-612. [317].

  Type species:

   Syllis monilaris Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 by original designation.
• Aporosyllis Quatrefages, A. de 1865. Histoire naturelle des Annéles marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et éephyriens. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. [87].
• Gnathosyllis Schmarda, L.K. 1861. Neue Turbellarian, Rotatorien und Anneliden beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte). Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann pp. 1-164. [69].
• Ioida Johnston, G. 1840. Miscellanea Zoologica. The British Nereides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 4: 224-232 [231].
• Nereisyllis Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes … d'après l'état actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la mediciné. Vol. 1. [472].
• Trichosyllis Schmarda, L.K. 1861. Neue Turbellarian, Rotatorien und Anneliden beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte). Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann pp. 1-164. [73].
• Pagenstecheria Quatrefages, A. de 1866. Histoire naturelle des Annéles marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et géphyriens. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 2 pp. 1-749. [40] [nomen oblitum].
• Thoe Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(4): 239-258 [Date published 1866] [249] [junior homonym of Thoe Bell, 1836].
• Eurymedusa Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(4): 239-258 [Date published 1866] [249].
• Isosyllis Ehlers, E. 1864. Die Borstenwürmer, nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann 268 pp. [251].
• Heterosyllis Kinberg, 1866.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• San Martín, G. 2003. Annelida, Polychaeta II, Syllidae. In, Ramos, M.A., Alba, J., Bellés, X., Gosálbez, J., Guerra, A., Macpherson, E., Martín, F., Serrano, J. & Templado, J. (eds). Fauna Iberíca. Madrid : Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC Vol. 21 pp. 1–554. (synonymised Pagenstecheria Quatrefages, 1866 with Syllis)

Introduction

The genus Syllis is the largest and most diverse within the syllids, with more than 120 species worldwide distributed and around 30 described species in Australia (Licher 1999; San Martín 2003). However, there is still a lack of knowledge in the genus that may in part be due to the chaotic state of the group, given that there are many taxonomic problems, and its phylogenetic relationships are still a matter of debate. One of the main taxonomic problems is the lack of consensus among different authors regarding the status of the genus and the species within it (Álvarez-Campos et al. 2015).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Citations

Syllis.
—Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 25: ix 1–300 pls 1–15 [111].

General References

Álvarez-Campos, P., Riesgo, A., Hutchings, P. & San Martín, G. 2015. The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Syllidae) from Australia. Molecular analysis and re-description of some poorly-known species. Zootaxa 4052(2): 297–331

Licher, F. 1999. Revision of Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551: 1-336

San Martín, G. 2003. Annelida, Polychaeta II, Syllidae. In, Ramos, M.A., Alba, J., Bellés, X., Gosálbez, J., Guerra, A., Macpherson, E., Martín, F., Serrano, J. & Templado, J. (eds). Fauna Iberíca. Madrid : Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC Vol. 21 pp. 1–554.

San Martin, G., Lucas, Y. & Hutchings, P. 2023. The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. Zootaxa 5230(3): 251-295 [251]

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