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

Syllis alternata Moore, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Syllis*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Lycastis*	Savigny, 1822	heterotypic synonym
*Aporosyllis*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Chaetosyllis*	Malmgren, 1867	synonym
*Ehlersia*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Ehlersia (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Gnathosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	synonym
*Ioida*	Johnston, 1840	synonym
*Isosyllis*	Ehlers, 1864	synonym
*Langerhansia*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Pagenstecheria*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Syllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Syllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Syllis (Syllis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Syllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym
*Trichosyllis*	Schmarda, 1861	synonym
*Typosyllis*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym
*Typosyllis (Ehlersia)*	Quatrefages, 1865	synonym
*Typosyllis (Langerhansia)*	Czerniavsky, 1881	synonym
*Typosyllis (Syllis)*	[auct.]	synonym
*Typosyllis (Typosyllis)*	Langerhans, 1879	synonym

Species group names

*Syllis (Typosyllis) alternata*	(Moore, 1908)	synonym
*Typosyllis alternata*	(Moore, 1908)	synonym

Literature

original description	Moore, J.P. 1908. Some polychaetous annelids of the northern Pacific coast of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1908: 321-364.
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	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Çinar, Melih Ertan & Gambi, Maria Cristina 2005. Cognetti’s syllid collection (Polychaeta: Syllidae) deposited at the Museum of the Stazione Zoologica ‘‘Anton Dohrn’’ (Naples, Italy), with descriptions of two new species of Autolytus. Journal of Natural History 39(10): 725-762
source of synonymy	Hartman, O. 1948. The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. Pacific Science, 2(1): 3-58.
redescription	Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
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 (11 publications)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Syllis alternata Moore, 1908. 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:131413