Galapagos Species Database

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Syllis variegata Grube, 1860

poliquetos, Polychaetes

Taxonomy

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

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.

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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.