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Syllidae, commonly known as the necklace worms,cite-ref-2[2] is a family of small to medium-sized polychaete worms. Syllids are distinguished from other polychaetes by the presence of a muscular region of the anterior digestive tract known as the proventricle.cite-ref-eol-3-0[3]cite-ref-0-4-0[4]
Syllid worms range in size from 2–3 mm (0.08–0.12 in) to 14 centimetres (5.5 in). Most syllids are benthic organisms that transition to a pelagic epitoke for reproduction. They are found in all regions of the ocean, from the intertidal zone to the deep sea, and are especially abundant in shallow water.cite-ref-eol-3-1[3]cite-ref-5[5]
They are found in a range of habitats, moving actively on rock and sandy substrates, hiding in crevices and among seaweeds, and climbing on sponges, corals, hydrozoans, seagrasses and mangroves. They are generalist feeders.cite-ref-sigvaldadottir-6-0[6] A young Syllid was one of the first worms to be found with pollen from seagrass in its stomach, making it a possible pollinator.cite-ref-7[7]
The proventricle, Syllid worm's most distinctive anatomical feature, allows the worm to feed by sucking due to its pumping action. It also plays a role in hormone production, and thus the worm's sexual development.cite-ref-0-4-1[4] The proventricle is composed of strirated muscle cells with the longest known sacromeres among animals.cite-ref-8[8] The proventricle is usually visible through the body wall.cite-ref-9[9]
Syllis ramosa was the first polychaete discovered to have a branching body plan.cite-ref-marshall-10-0[10] Later, two species of Ramisyllis were discovered to have a branching body plan.
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Subfamilies
• Anoplosyllinae
• Streptosyllis
• Streptosyllis bidentata (Southern, 1914)
• Streptosyllis websteri (Southern, 1914)
• Syllides
• Syllides benedicti (Banse, 1971)
• Syllides longocirrata (Ørsted, 1845)
• Eusyllinae
• Eusyllis
• Eusyllis assimilis (Marenzeller, 1875)
• Eusyllis blomstrandi (Malmgren, 1867)
• Eusyllis lamelligera (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875)
• Nudisyllis
• Nudisyllis divaricata (Keferstein, 1862)
• Nudisyllis pulligera (Krohn, 1852)
• Odontosyllis ctenostoma (Claparède, 1868)
• Odontosyllis enopla (Verrill, 1900)
• Odontosyllis fulgurans (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833)
• Odontosyllis gibba (Claparède, 1863)
• Odontosyllis phosphorea (Moore, 1909)
• Opisthodonta
• Opisthodonta longocirrata (Saint-Joseph, 1886)
• Pionosyllis compacta (Malmgren, 1867)
• Pionosyllis serratisetosa (López, San Martín & Jiménez, 1997)
• Synmerosyllis
• Synmerosyllis lamelligera (Saint-Joseph, 1886)
• Autolytinae
• Epigamia
• Epigamia alexandri (Malmgren, 1867)
• Myrianida
• Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874)
• Myrianida edwarsi (Saint-Joseph, 1886)
• Myrianida inermis (Saint-Joseph, 1886)
• Myrianida langerhansi (Gidholm, 1967)
• Myrianida pinnigera (Montagu, 1808)
• Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
• Myrianida quinquedecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)
• Myrianida rubropunctata (Grube, 1860)
• Proceraea
• Proceraea aurantiaca (Claparède, 1868)
• Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1862)
• Proceraea picta (Ehlers, 1864)
• Proceraea prismatica (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Procerastea halleziana (Malaquin, 1893)
• Procerastea nematodes (Langerhans, 1884)
• Exogoninae
• Brania
• Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851)
• Erinaceusyllis cirripapillata (San Martín, 2005)
• Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)
• Erinaceusyllis ettiennei (San Martín, 2005)
• Erinaceusyllis hartmannschroederae (San Martín, 2005)
• Erinaceusyllis kathrynae (San Martín, 2005)
• Exogone
• Exogone dispar (Webster, 1879)
• Exogone naidina (Ørsted, 1845)
• Exogone verugera (Claparède, 1868)
• Exogonita Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
• Parapionosyllis Fauvel, 1923
• Parexogone
• Parexogone longicirris (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
• Parexogone hebes (Webster & Benedict, 1884)
• Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920)
• Salvatoria McIntosh, 1885
• Salvatoria clavata (Claparède, 1863)
• Salvatoria limbata (Claparède, 1868)
• Salvatoria swedmarki (Gidholm, 1962)
• Sphaerosyllis bardukaciculata (San Martín, 2005)
• Sphaerosyllis bulbosa (Southern, 1914)
• Sphaerosyllis goorabantennata (San Martín, 2005)
• Sphaerosyllis georgeharrisoni (San Martín, 2005)
• Sphaerosyllis hystrix (Claparède, 1863)
• Sphaerosyllis levantina(Faulwetter et al., 2011)
• Sphaerosyllis pirifera (Claparède, 1868)
• Sphaerosyllis taylori (Perkins, 1980)
• Sphaerosyllis voluntariorum (San Martín, 2005)
• Syllinae
• Syllis
• Syllis aciculigrossa (San Martín, 1990)
• Syllis adamantea (Treadwell, 1914)
• Syllis albae (Álvarez-Campos & Verdes, 2017)
• Syllis albanyensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1984)
• Syllis alosae (San Martín, 1992)
• Syllis alternata (Moore, 1908)
• Syllis amica (Quatrefages, 1866)
• Syllis amicarmillaris (Simon, San Martín & Robinson, 2014)
• Syllis anoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
• Syllis antoniae (Salcedo Oropeza, San Martín & Solís-Weiss, 2012)
• Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Syllis augeneri (Haswell, 1920)
• Syllis barbata (San Martín, 1992)
• Syllis bella (Chamberlin, 1919)
• Syllis beneliahuae (Campoy & Alquézar, 1982)
• Syllis benguellana (Day, 1963)
• Syllis boggemanni (San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Hutchings, 2017)
• Syllis botosaneanui (Hartmann-Schröder, 1973)
• Syllis brasiliensis (McIntosh, 1885)
• Syllis breviarticulata (Grube, 1857)
• Syllis brevicirrata (McIntosh, 1908)
• Syllis brevicirris (Hansen, 1882)
• Syllis broomensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
• Syllis caeca (Monro, 1933)
• Syllis castroviejoi (Capa, San Martín & López, 2001)
• Syllis cerina (Grube, 1878)
• Syllis cirrita (Lee & Rho, 1994)
• Syllis columbretensis (Campoy, 1982)
• Syllis compacta (Gravier, 1900)
• Syllis corallicola (Verrill, 1900)
• Syllis cornuta (Rathke, 1843)
• Syllis crassicirrata (Treadwell, 1925)
• Syllis cruzi (Núñez & San Martín, 1991)
• Syllis curticirris (Monro, 1937)
• Syllis danieli (San Martín, 1992)
• Syllis deleoni (Salcedo Oropeza, San Martín & Solís-Weiss, 2012)
• Syllis edensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1989)
• Syllis elongata (Johnson, 1901)
• Syllis ergeni (Çinar, 2005)
• Syllis erikae (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981)
• Syllis fasciata (Malmgren, 1867)
• Syllis ferrani (Alós & San Martín, 1987)
• Syllis filidentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
• Syllis garciai (Campoy, 1982)
• Syllis gerlachi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
• Syllis gerundensis (Alós & Campoy, 1981)
• Syllis glandulata (Nogueira & San Martín, 2002)
• Syllis glarearia (Westheide, 1974)
• Syllis golfonovensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
• Syllis gracilis (Grube, 1840)
• Syllis guidae (Nogueira & Yunda-Guarin, 2008)
• Syllis heterochaeta (Moore, 1909)
• Syllis hyalina (Grube, 1863)
• Syllis hyllebergi (Licher, 1999)
• Syllis joaoi (San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Hutchings, 2017)
• Syllis jorgei (San Martín & López, 2000)
• Syllis kabilica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977)
• Syllis karlae (San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Hutchings, 2017)
• Syllis kas (Lucas, Sikorski & San Martín, 2018)
• Syllis komodoensis (Aguado, San Martín & ten Hove, 2008)
• Syllis krohnii (Ehlers, 1864)
• Syllis lagunae (Tovar-Hernández, Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2008)
• Syllis latifrons (Grube, 1857)
• Syllis licheri (Ravara, San Martín & Moreira, 2004)
• Syllis limbata (Grube, 1880)
• Syllis longesegmentata (Grube, 1857)
• Syllis lunaris (Imajima, 1966)
• Syllis lutea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
• Syllis luteoides (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
• Syllis macroceras (Grube, 1857)
• Syllis macrodentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1982)
• Syllis magdalena (Wesenberg-Lund, 1962)
• Syllis magnapalpa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
• Syllis marceloi (San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Hutchings, 2017)
• Syllis marugani (Aguado, San Martín & Nishi, 2006)
• Syllis maryae (San Martín, 1992)
• Syllis mauretanica (Licher, 1999)
• Syllis mayeri (Musco & Giangrande, 2005)
• Syllis mercedesae (Lucas, San Martín & Parapar, 2012)
• Syllis mexicana (Rioja, 1960)
• Syllis microoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
• Syllis monilaris (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
• Syllis mytilorum (Studer, 1889)
• Syllis nigra (Augener, 1925)
• Syllis nigrescens (Grube, 1878)
• Syllis nigricirris (Grube, 1863)
• Syllis nigriscens (Grube, 1878)
• Syllis nigropunctata (Haswell, 1886)
• Syllis notocera (Ehlers, 1905)
• Syllis nuchalis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
• Syllis obscura (Grube, 1857)
• Syllis onkylochaeta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1991)
• Syllis ortizi (San Martín, 1992)
• Syllis parapari (San Martín & López, 2000)
• Syllis parturiens (Haswell, 1920)
• Syllis pectinans (Haswell, 1920)
• Syllis picta (Kinberg, 1866)
• Syllis pigmentata (Chamberlin, 1919)
• Syllis pilosa (Aguado, San Martín & Nishi, 2008)
• Syllis pontxioi (San Martín & López, 2000)
• Syllis profunda (Cognetti, 1955)
• Syllis prolifera (Krohn, 1852)
• Syllis prolixa (Ehlers, 1901)
• Syllis pseudoarmillaris (Nogueira & San Martín, 2002)
• Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)
• Syllis quadrifasciata (Fischli, 1900)
• Syllis quaternaria (Moore, 1906)
• Syllis ramosa (McIntosh, 1879)
• Syllis riojai (San Martín, 1990)
• Syllis robertianae (McIntosh, 1885)
• Syllis rosea (Langerhans, 1879)
• Syllis rubicunda (Aguado, San Martín & Nishi, 2008)
• Syllis rudolphi (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
• Syllis schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960)
• Syllis sclerolaema (Ehlers, 1901)
• Syllis setoensis (Imajima, 1966)
• Syllis sol (San Martín, 2004)
• Syllis stenura (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
• Syllis tamarae (Álvarez-Campos & Verdes, 2017)
• Syllis tiedemanni (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
• Syllis torquata (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875)
• Syllis tripantu (Álvarez-Campos & Verdes, 2017)
• Syllis truncata (Haswell, 1920)
• Syllis tyrrhena (Licher & Kuper, 1998)
• Syllis umbricolor (Grube, 1878)
• Syllis unzima (Simon, San Martín & Robinson, 2014)
• Syllis valida (Grube, 1857)
• Syllis variegata (Grube, 1860)
• Syllis villenai (Aguado, San Martín & ten Hove, 2008)
• Syllis violacea (Grube, 1870)
• Syllis vittata (Grube, 1840)
• Syllis vivipara (Krohn, 1869)
• Syllis warrnamboolensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1987)
• Syllis westheidei (San Martín, 1984)
• Syllis yallingupensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1982)
• Syllis ypsiloides (Aguado, San Martín & ten Hove, 2008)
• Ramisyllis multicaudata (Glasby, Schroeder & Aguado, 2012)
• Ramisyllis kingghidorahi (M. Teresa Aguado, et al. 2022)
References
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