Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Trypanosyllis taeniaeformis
poliquetos, Polychaetes
shallow sublitoral areas
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Nereidiformia
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Trypanosyllis
Species
taeniaeformis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Trypanosyllis richardi Gravier, 1900 (subjective synonym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Japan. Indo-Pacific. west and south Australia, New Zealand, Galapagos Islands, Panama, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Seychelles (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004)
- 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.
- Böggemann, M. Westheide, W. (2004) Interstitial Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Mahé (Seychelles). Journal of Natural History, 38:4, 403-446, DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000033229
- 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, Trypanosyllis taeniaeformis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15132. Accessed 1 November 2026.