Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Syllis westheidei
Silidos, Polichaeta
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Nereidiformia
Family
Syllidae
Genus
Syllis
Species
westheidei
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Typosyllis westheidei (San Martín, 1984) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (T. westheidei) Galapagos Islands, Mediterranean Sea, Seychelles (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004)
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Syllis westheidei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20289. Accessed 1 November 2026.