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

Syllidae Grube, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Levidoridae*	Perkins, 1987	subjective synonym

Children

Anoplosyllinae Aguado & San Martín, 2009
Autolytinae Langerhans, 1879
Eusyllinae Malaquin, 1893
Exogoninae Langerhans, 1879
Fauvelia Gravier, 1900
Heterosyllis Claparède, 1863
Irmula Ehlers, 1913
Palposyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1977
Pseudosyllis Grube, 1863
Syllidae incertae sedis
Syllinae Grube, 1850

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シリス科

Literature

original description	Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 16(1): 249-364.
additional source	Aguado, M.T.; Nygren, A.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. Phylogeny of Syllidae (Polychaeta) based on combined molecular analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Cladistics 23(6): 552-564
additional source	Aguado, M. T.; San Martin, G.; Siddall, M. E. 2012. Systematics and evolution of syllids (Annelida, Syllidae). Cladistics 28(3): 234-250.
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.
taxonomy source	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	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	San Martín, Guillermo; Rozbaczylo, Nicolas; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar. (2017). Guía Y Claves Para El Reconocimiento De Las Subfamilias, Géneros Y Especies De Syllidae Registradas A Lo Largo De La Costa De Chile, Archipiélago Juan Fernández E Islade Pascua (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae [Guide and keys for the identification of the subfamilies, genera and species of Syllidae registered along the Chilean coast, the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae)]. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile)]. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile). 45(2): 7-50 [44pp].

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllidae Grube, 1850. 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:948