Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Syllis hyalina
poliquetos, Polychaetes
shallow sublitoral areas
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
- 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.