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

Exogone Örsted, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

note: Some of the Exogone species herein listed have a doubtful validity and due to the insufficient descriptions cannot at present be ascribed to any of the 3 accepted subgenera

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gossia*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Microsyllis*	Claparède, 1863	generic synonym
*Paedophylax*	Claparède, 1868	generic synonym
*Exagone*	Örsted, 1845	orthographic variant
*Exogona*	Örsted, 1845	orthographic variant
*Paedophyllax*	[auct. misspelling for 'Paedophylax']	orthographic variant
*Cystonereis*	Kölliker, 1846	synonym
*Exogone (Exogone)*	Örsted, 1845	synonym
*Exogone (Sylline)*	[ sensu Claparède, 1864, non Grube, 1860 ]	synonym
*Exotokas*	Ehlers, 1864	synonym
*Oophylax*	Ehlers, 1864	synonym
*Schmardia*	Quatrefages, 1866	synonym
*Spermosyllis*	Claparède, 1864	synonym
*Sylline*	[ sensu Claparède, 1864, non Grube, 1860 ]	misapplied name

Children

Exogone (Exogone) fauveli Cognetti, 1961
Exogone (Exogone) lopezi San Martín, Ceberio & Aguirrezabalaga, 1996
Exogone (Exogone) rostrata Naville, 1933
Exogone (Exogone) sorbei San Martín, Ceberio & Aguirrezabalaga, 1996
Exogone (Exogone) torulosa (Claparède, 1864)
Exogone acerata San Martín & Parapar, 1990
Exogone aquadulcensis Pascual, Nuñez & San Martín, 1996
Exogone breviantennata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
Exogone brevipes (Claparède, 1864)
Exogone cirrata (Kölliker in Koch, 1846)
Exogone claparedii (Langerhans, 1879)
Exogone dispar (Webster, 1879)
Exogone edwardsii (Kölliker in Koch, 1846)
Exogone insignis (Langerhans, 1879)
Exogone langerhansi (Czerniavsky, 1881)
Exogone lourei Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938
Exogone maderensis (Czerniavsky, 1881)
Exogone marenzelleri McIntosh, 1908
Exogone marisae Pascual, Nuñez & San Martín, 1996
Exogone martinsi Pagenstecher, 1862
Exogone mompasensis Martínez, Adarraga & San Martín, 2002
Exogone naidina Örsted, 1845
Exogone oerstedii (Kölliker in Koch, 1846)
Exogone parahomoseta Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Exogone verugera (Claparède, 1868)

Literature

original description	Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1845). Ueber die Entwickelung der Jungen bei einer Annelide und über die äusseren Unterschiede zwischen beiden Geschlechtern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 11(1): 20-23, plate II.
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.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	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.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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.
identification resource	Fukuda, Marcelo V.; Ribeiro, William M. G.; Rossi, Raphaela H. C.; Nogueira, João M. M. (2024). An overview of the occurrences of Exogone (Annelida, Syllidae) in Brazil, with the description of a new species. Ocean and Coastal Research. 72(suppl1): e24046: 1-19.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone Örsted, 1845. 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:129654