Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Opisthosyllis australis		Western Central Pacific		1913
Opisthosyllis brunnea		Eastern Atlantic, Indo-Pa		1879
Opisthosyllis corallicola		Eastern Pacific		1965
Opisthosyllis japonica		Indo-Pacific.		1966
Opisthosyllis laevis		Western Indian Ocean		1957
Opisthosyllis longicirrata		Indo-West Pacific		1939
Opisthosyllis nuchalis		Western Central Atlantic		1900
Opisthosyllis papillosa		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Palposyllis prosostoma		Mediterranean Sea.		1977
Paraehlersia ferrugina		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O		1881
Parapionosyllis brevicirra		Mediterranean Sea.		1954
Parapionosyllis elegans		Mediterranean Sea.		1903
Parapionosyllis floridana		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Parapionosyllis gestans		Mediterranean Sea.		1903
Parapionosyllis labronica		Mediterranean Sea.		1965
Parapionosyllis longicirrata		Eastern Central Pacific a		1884
Parapionosyllis paucicirra		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Parapionosyllis subterranea		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Parapionosyllis uebelackerae		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Paraprocerastea crocantinae		Mediterranean Sea.		1989
Parapterosyllis sexoculata		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Parasphaerosyllis indica		Indo-Pacific and Western		1937
Parasphaerosyllis malimalii		Eastern Pacific		2001
Paratyposyllis peresi		Mediterranean Sea.		1968
Parautolytus luzonensis		Western Central Pacific		1965
Parexogone javieri		Western Central Pacific		2021
Parexogone minuscula		Antarctic Atlantic		1953
Parexogone viejoi		Antarctic Atlantic		2021
Perkinsyllis anophthalma		Mediterranean Sea.		1989
Perkinsyllis tsilo		Mediterranean Sea.		2021
Pionosyllis aciculata		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Pionosyllis aciculogrossa		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Pionosyllis articulata		Eastern Pacific		1995
Pionosyllis augeneri		Western Central Atlantic		1979
Pionosyllis comosa		Antarctic.		1906
Pionosyllis compacta		Arctic, Northwest Atlanti		1867
Pionosyllis dangrigae		Western Central Atlantic		1992
Pionosyllis dionisi		Mediterranean Sea.		1991
Pionosyllis ehlersiaeformis		Mediterranean Sea.
Pionosyllis gesae		Eastern Central Pacific a		1981
Pionosyllis gigantea	Giant red necklace-worm	Eastern Pacific. Tropica		1908
Pionosyllis longocirrata		Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Pionosyllis luquei		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Pionosyllis magnifica		Northeast Pacific
Pionosyllis malmgreni		Northeast Pacific
Pionosyllis minuta		Mediterranean Sea.		1903
Pionosyllis procera		Western Central Atlantic		1965
Pionosyllis riojai		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Pionosyllis serrata		Western Central Atlantic		1914
Pionosyllis singulariseta		Western Central Atlantic		1992
Pionosyllis spinosetosa		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Pionosyllis templadoi		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Pionosyllis typica		Western Central Atlantic
Plakosyllis americana		Western Central Atlantic
Plakosyllis brevipes		Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1956
Plakosyllis quadrioculata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Proceraea aurantiaca		Western Indian Ocean, No		1868
Proceraea bifidentata		Western Indian Ocean		1977
Proceraea cornuta		Arctic, Atlantic Ocean an		1862
Proceraea fasciata		Eastern Pacific		1879
Proceraea misakiensis		Indo-West Pacific.		1966
Proceraea paraurantiaca		Mediterranean Sea.		2004
Proceraea picta		Mediterranean Sea.		1864
Proceraea prismatica		Arctic, Northern Atlantic		1776
Proceraea scapularis		Mediterranean Sea.		1864
Procerastea halleziana		Mediterranean Sea.		1893
Procerastea nematodes		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Prosphaerosyllis adelae		Mediterranean Sea.		1984
Prosphaerosyllis brandhorsti		Mediterranean Sea.		1965
Prosphaerosyllis brevicirra		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1960
Prosphaerosyllis campoyi		Mediterranean Sea.		1982
Prosphaerosyllis fittoni		Mediterranean Sea.		2021
Prosphaerosyllis giandoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata		Eastern Indian Ocean and		1979
Prosphaerosyllis tetralix		Mediterranean Sea.		1920
Prosphaerosyllis xarifae		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1960
Pseudosyllides curacaoensis		Western Central Atlantic		1927
Pseudosyllides mexicana		Eastern Pacific		1993
Ramisyllis kingghidorahi		Northwest Pacific		2022
Salvatoria alvaradoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1984
Salvatoria balani		Western Indian Ocean and		1960
Salvatoria celiae		Mediterranean Sea.		1992
Salvatoria clavata		Circumglobal.		1863
Salvatoria euritmica		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Salvatoria limbata		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1868
Salvatoria marielleae		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		2021
Salvatoria neapolitana		Southeast Pacific and the		1930
Salvatoria nitiduloides		Southeast Pacific and the		2021
Salvatoria nutrix		Antarctic Atlantic		1936
Salvatoria swedmarki		Western Central Atlantic		1962
Salvatoria tenuicirrata		Western Indian Ocean, Atl		1864
Salvatoria vieitezi		Mediterranean Sea.		1984
Salvatoria ypsiloides		Mediterranean Sea.		2021
Salvatoria yraidae		Mediterranean Sea.		1984
Spermosyllis confusa		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Sphaerosyllis aciculata		Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis acuiculata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Sphaerosyllis anoculata		Western Central Atlantic		1980
Sphaerosyllis austriaca		Mediterranean Sea.		1959
Sphaerosyllis bilobata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Sphaerosyllis boeroi		Mediterranean Sea.		2005
Sphaerosyllis brevidentata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Sphaerosyllis bulbosa		Western Central Pacific,		1914
Sphaerosyllis californiensis		Eastern Pacific		1966
Sphaerosyllis capensis		Indo-West Pacific and the		1953
Sphaerosyllis centroamerica		Western Central Atlantic		1959
Sphaerosyllis centroamericana		Eastern Pacific		1959
Sphaerosyllis claparedei		Western Central Pacific a		1864
Sphaerosyllis dieteri		Western Central Pacific a		2021
Sphaerosyllis fortuita		Western Central Pacific a
Sphaerosyllis glandulata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Sphaerosyllis gravinae		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Sphaerosyllis hirsuta		Antarctic
Sphaerosyllis hystrix		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O		1863
Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1885
Sphaerosyllis longicauda		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Sphaerosyllis longilamina		Western Central Atlantic		1989
Sphaerosyllis magnidentata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Sphaerosyllis minima		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Sphaerosyllis ovigera		Mediterranean Sea.		1879
Sphaerosyllis parvoculata		Western Central Atlantic		1989
Sphaerosyllis perkinsi		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Sphaerosyllis perspicax		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1912
Sphaerosyllis pirifera		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen		1868
Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis		Eastern Central Pacific,		1981
Sphaerosyllis pumila		Eastern Pacific		1974
Sphaerosyllis renaudae		Western Central Atlantic		1958
Sphaerosyllis ridgiensis		Northeast Pacific.		1990
Sphaerosyllis riseri		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Sphaerosyllis semiverrucosa		Western Central Atlantic
Sphaerosyllis sublaevis		Western Central Atlantic		1913
Sphaerosyllis taylori		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Streptodonta pterochaeta		Mediterranean Sea.		1914
Streptospinigera heteroseta		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Streptosyllis arenae		Western Central Atlantic
Streptosyllis baolingi		Northwest Pacific		1994
Streptosyllis bidentata		Northeast Atlantic, Weste		1914
Streptosyllis hainanensis		Northwest Pacific		1994
Streptosyllis latipalpa		Northwest Pacific
Streptosyllis pettibonae		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Streptosyllis pettiboneae		Western Central Atlantic
Streptosyllis reducta		Western Indian Ocean		1960
Streptosyllis templadoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1984
Streptosyllis varians		Mediterranean Sea.
Streptosyllis websteri		Eastern Central Pacific,
Syllides articulosus		Southwest Pacific, Medite		1897
Syllides bansei		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Syllides benedicti		Western Central Atlantic
Syllides convolutus		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Syllides edentatus		Eastern Pacific		1974
Syllides edentula		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Syllides floridanus		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Syllides fulva		Northeast Pacific
Syllides fulvus		Western Indian Ocean, Wes		1875
Syllides gomezi		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Syllides japonicus		Mediterranean Sea.		1966
Syllides kerguelensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1885
Syllides longocirratus		Northeast Pacific, Northe		1845
Syllides minutus		Northeast Pacific, Northe
Syllides papillosa		Western Central Atlantic		1965
Syllides reishi		Eastern Pacific		1978
Syllides setosa		Eastern Pacific
Syllis aciculata		Western Central Atlantic		1945
Syllis alternata		Arctic, Pacific Ocean and		1908
Syllis amica		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1866
Syllis anoculata		Mediterranean Sea.		1962
Syllis armillaris		Indo-Pacific, Antarctic,		1776
Syllis atlantica		Indo-Pacific, Antarctic,
Syllis bella		Eastern Pacific		1919
Syllis beneliahuae		Atlantic Ocean, Eastern C		1982
Syllis benguellana		Northwest Pacific		1963
Syllis bisetosa		Western Indian Ocean
Syllis bouvieri		Western Indian Ocean
Syllis brasiliensis		Western Central Atlantic		1885
Syllis caeca		Eastern Pacific and the M		1973
Syllis castroviejoi		Eastern Pacific		2001
Syllis compacta		Mediterranean Sea.		1900
Syllis corallicola		Western Central Atlantic,		1900
Syllis corallicoloides		Eastern Pacific		1922
Syllis cornuta		Cosmopolitan. Tropical t	3 TL	1843
Syllis cruzi		Mediterranean Sea.		1991
Syllis dominguezi		Mediterranean Sea.		2021
Syllis elongata		Eastern Pacific		1901
Syllis escribanoi		Eastern Pacific		2021
Syllis exilis		Western Central Pacific
Syllis fasciata		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an		1867
Syllis ferrani		Mediterranean Sea.		1987
Syllis filiformis		Western Central Pacific		1972
Syllis garciai		Eastern Pacific and the M		1982
Syllis gerundensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1981
Syllis golfonovensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1962
Syllis gracilis		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1840
Syllis heterochaeta		Northeast Pacific		1909
Syllis hyalina		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O		1863
Syllis kabilica		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1977
Syllis kai		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		2021
Syllis krohni		Indo-West Pacific and the		1864
Syllis lineata		Indo-West Pacific and the
Syllis longisegmentata		Western Central Atlantic		1857
Syllis longissima		Eastern Pacific		1900
Syllis magna		Eastern Pacific and the M		1974
Syllis monilaris		Western Indian Ocean		1812
Syllis nigricirris		Mediterranean Sea.		1863
Syllis nigropharyngea		Mediterranean Sea.
Syllis nuchalis		Western Indian Ocean and		1960
Syllis palifica		Eastern Pacific		1901
Syllis parapari		Mediterranean Sea.		2000
Syllis pectinans		Mediterranean Sea.		1920
Syllis pontxioi		Mediterranean Sea.		2000
Syllis prolifera		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1852
Syllis prolixa		Antarctic Atlantic		1901
Syllis pulvinata		Mediterranean Sea.		1881
Syllis quaternaria		Arctic
Syllis rosea		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1879
Syllis sardai		Western Central Atlantic		1992
Syllis schulzi		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1960
Syllis sclerolaema		Northeast Pacific and Ant		1901
Syllis torquata		Mediterranean Sea.		1875
Syllis tyrrhena		Mediterranean Sea.		1998
Syllis valida		Antarctic		1857
Syllis variegata		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1860
Syllis vittata		Western Indian Ocean, Wes		1840
Syllis vivipara		Western Central Atlantic		1869
Syllis westheidei		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1984
Synmerosyllis lamelligera		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1886
Synsyllis longigularis		Western Central Atlantic		1900
Trypanosyllis adamenteus		Eastern Pacific		1941
Trypanosyllis aeolis		Western Indian Ocean, Eas		1879
Trypanosyllis coeliaca		Western Central Atlantic		1868
Trypanosyllis gemmipara		Western Central Atlantic		1901
Trypanosyllis gigantea		Indo-Pacific, Mediterrane		1885
Trypanosyllis ingens	Purple-stub necklace-worm	Northeast Pacific
Trypanosyllis inglei		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Trypanosyllis intermedia		Western Central Atlantic
Trypanosyllis parvidentata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Trypanosyllis prampramensis		Western Central Atlantic		1918
Trypanosyllis sanmartini		Mediterranean Sea.		2007
Trypanosyllis savagei		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Trypanosyllis taeniaformis		Indo-Pacific.		1886
Trypanosyllis vittigera		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen		1887
Trypanosyllis zebra		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen		1860
Typosyllis aciculata		Western Pacific		1945
Typosyllis alosae		Western Central Atlantic		1992
Typosyllis alternata		Western Central Atlantic		1908
Typosyllis barbata		Western Central Atlantic		1992
Typosyllis bella		Eastern Pacific		1919
Typosyllis bifurcata		Western Central Atlantic		1980
Typosyllis brevipennis		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Typosyllis collaris		Western Central Atlantic
Typosyllis corallicoloides		Western Central Atlantic		1924

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