NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 1997

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Syllidae
  Order - Phyllodocida
  Subclass - Errantia
  Class - Polychaeta
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sphaerosyllis erinaceus
      Species - Sphaerosyllis hirsuta
      Species - Sphaerosyllis hystrix
      Species - Sphaerosyllis mirusata
      Species - Sphaerosyllis pirifera
      Species - Sphaerosyllis brandhorsti
      Species - Sphaerosyllis aciculata
      Species - Sphaerosyllis californiensis
      Species - Sphaerosyllis magnidentata
      Species - Sphaerosyllis glandulata
      Species - Sphaerosyllis taylori
      Species - Sphaerosyllis bulbosa
      Species - Sphaerosyllis fortuita
      Species - Sphaerosyllis sublaevis
      Species - Sphaerosyllis semiverrucosa
      Species - Sphaerosyllis bilobata
      Species - Sphaerosyllis longicauda
      Species - Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis
      Species - Sphaerosyllis riseri
      Species - Sphaerosyllis labrinthophila
      Species - Sphaerosyllis capensis
      Species - Sphaerosyllis centroamericana
      Species - Sphaerosyllis benedicti
      Species - Sphaerosyllis ovigera
      Species - Sphaerosyllis tetralix