Erinaceusyllis
Genus of annelid worms
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Erinaceusyllis is a genus belonging to the phylum Annelida, a group known as the segmented worms.[1] Erinaceusyllis is a marine genus, while some of its species are possibly cosmopolitan.[1][2][3][4] Its type species is Erinaceusyllis erinaceus, formerly Sphaerosyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863).[1] As of 2015, at least 12 species have been described, namely E. belizensis, E. bidentata, E centroamericana, E. cirripapillata, E. cryptica, E. erinaceus, E ettiennei, E. hartmannschroederae, E horrocksensis, E. kathrynae, E. opisthodentata, E. serratosetosa.[5] The family contains two other genera, Sphaerosyllis (48 species) and Prosphaerosyllis.[6]
| Erinaceusyllis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Syllidae |
| Subfamily: | Exogoninae |
| Genus: | Erinaceusyllis San Martín, 2005 |
| Species | |
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Erinaceusyllis belizensis (Russel, 1989) | |
