Galapagos Species Database
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Syllis variegata
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Nereidiformia
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Syllis
Species
variegata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Isosyllis armoricana (Claparède, 1863), Syllis (Typosyllis) variegata Grube, 1860, Syllis (Typosyllis) variegata variegata Cognetti, 1954, Syllis armoricana Claparède, 1863, Syllis aurantiaca Claparède, 1868, Syllis hexagonifera Claparède, 1864, Syllis nigropunctata Haswell, 1886, Syllis oblonga Keferstein, 1862, Syllis schmardiana Haswell, 1886, Syllis variegata profunda Cognetti, 1954, Syllis variegata variegata Cognetti, 1954, Syllis varlegata Grube, 1860 (lapsus calami), Thoe fusiformis Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym), Typosyllis (Syllis) aurantiaca (Claparède, 1868), Typosyllis (Syllis) variegata (Grube, 1860), Typosyllis (Typosyllis) variegata (Grube, 1860), Typosyllis armoricana (Claparède, 1863), Typosyllis aurantiaca (Claparède, 1868), Typosyllis cirromaculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1960, Typosyllis variegata (Grube, 1860), Typosyllis variegata profunda (Cognetti, 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Syllis variegata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15137. Accessed 6 November 2026.