Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Syllidae > Subfamily Exogoninae > Genus Sphaerosyllis

Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerosyllis*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis)*	Claparède, 1863	synonym

Literature

original description	Claparède, Édouard 1868. Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, 19(2): 313-584.
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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Musco, L.; Giangrande, A. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 304: 143-153
additional source	Çinar ME, Ergen Z & Benli HA (2003) Autolytinae and Exogoninae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. Bull Mar Sci 72(3):741-767
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Langerhans, Paul (1879) Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 32(4): 513-592.
additional source	Fauvel, P. 1923. Polychètes errantes. Faune de France Volume 5. 1-488. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.
redescription	San Martín G (2003) Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, p 1-554

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Sphaerosyllis pirifera. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131392