Galapagos Species Database

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Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863

poliquetos, Polychaetes

shallow sublitoral areas

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Order
Phyllodocida

Suborder
Nereidiformia

Family
Syllidae

Genus
Syllis

Species
hyalina

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pionosyllis hyalina (Grube, 1863), Syllis (Typosyllis) hyalina Grube, 1863, Syllis (Typosyllis) hyalina juanensis Augener, 1922 (subjective synonym), Syllis (Typosyllis) melanopharyngea Augener, 1918 (objective synonym), Syllis (Typosyllis) tristanensis (Day, 1954), Syllis borealis Malmgren, 1867, Syllis hialina Grube, 1863, Syllis macrocola Marenzeller, 1874, Syllis pellucida Ehlers, 1864, Syllis simillima Claparède, 1864, Syllis velox Bobretzky, 1870, Typosyllis (Syllis) hyalina (Grube, 1863), Typosyllis (Syllis) velox (Bobretzky, 1870), Typosyllis (Typosyllis) hyalina (Grube, 1863), Typosyllis aciculata orientalis Imajima, 1966, Typosyllis hyalina (Grube, 1863), Typosyllis melanopharyngea (Augener, 1918), Typosyllis orientalis Imajima & Hartman, 1964, Typosyllis tristanensis Day, 1954, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

References

  • 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, Syllis hyalina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15135. Accessed 6 November 2026.