Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Salvatoria neapolitana
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Nereidiformia
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Salvatoria
Species
neapolitana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Brania subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1956), Grubeosyllis neapolitana (Goodrich, 1930), Pionosyllis neapolitana Goodrich, 1930, Pionosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1956, Pseudobrania subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1956), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (G. neapolitana) Galapagos Islands, south-east Brazil, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004)
- 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.
- Böggemann, M. Westheide, W. (2004) Interstitial Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Mahé (Seychelles). Journal of Natural History, 38:4, 403-446, DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000033229
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Salvatoria neapolitana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15151. Accessed 1 November 2026.