Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Order Rhabdocoela > Suborder Dalytyphloplanida > Infraorder Neodalyellida > Family Umagillidae > Subfamily Umagillinae

Syndesmis Silliman, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Syndisyrinx*	Lehman, 1946	synonym

Children

Syndesmis aethopharynx Westervelt & Kozloff, 1990
Syndesmis albida Kozloff & Westervelt, 1990
Syndesmis atriovillosa (Westblad, 1953) Jondelius, 1996
Syndesmis echiniacuti Kozloff, 1997
Syndesmis echinorum François, 1886
Syndesmis rubida Kozloff & Westervelt, 1990

Literature

original description	Silliman, W. A. (1881). Sur un nouveau type de Turbellariés. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l' Académie des Sciences. 93: 1087-1089.
basis of record	Faubel, A.; Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria, 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. 123-136
additional source	Cavaleiro, F. I.; Frade, D. G.; Rangel, L. F.; Santos, M. J. (2018). Syndesmis François, 1886 (Rhabdocoela: Umagillidae): a revisitation, with a synopsis and an identification key to species, and new molecular evidence for ascertaining the phylogeny of the group. Systematic Parasitology.
additional source	Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.
taxonomy source	Doignon G. & Artois T. (2006). Annotated checklist of the umagillid turbellarians infesting echinoids (Echinodermata). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136 (1): 101-106.

Genbank

Citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Syndesmis Silliman, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142304