Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Syllides edentatus
poliquetos, Polychaetes
shallow sublitoral areas
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Nereidiformia
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Syllides
Species
edentatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Syllides japonica edentata Westheide, 1974, Syllis edentatus Westheide, 1974, 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, Syllides edentatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15145. Accessed 6 November 2026.