Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Synelmis albini
poliquetos, Polychaetes
shallow sublitoral areas
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Nereidiformia
Family
Pilargidae
Genus
Synelmis
Species
albini
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ancistrosyllis albini Langerhans, 1881, Ancistrosyllis gorgonensis Monro, 1933, fide Appeltans et al.(2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Synelmis albini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15129. Accessed 18 August 2025.