Erinaceusyllis

{{Short description|Genus of annelid worms}}

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| taxon = Erinaceusyllis

| authority = San Martín, 2005

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| subdivision = Erinaceusyllis belizensis (Russel, 1989)

Erinaceusyllis bidentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1974)

Erinaceusyllis centroamericana (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959)

Erinaceusyllis cirripapillata San Martín, 2005

Erinaceusyllis cryptica (Ben-Eliahu, 1977)

Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)

Erinaceusyllis ettiennei San Martín, 2005

Erinaceusyllis hartmannschroederae San Martín, 2005

Erinaceusyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981)

Erinaceusyllis kathrynae San Martín, 2005

Erinaceusyllis opisthodentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1987)

Erinaceusyllis serratosetosa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1982)

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Erinaceusyllis is a genus belonging to the phylum Annelida, a group known as the segmented worms.{{cite journal | last1 = San Martín | first1 = G | year = 2005 | title = Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species | journal = Records of the Australian Museum | volume = 57 | issue = 1| pages = 39–152 [55–57, figs. 11A–G, 12A–E.] | doi = 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 | doi-access = free }} Erinaceusyllis is a marine genus, while some of its species are possibly cosmopolitan.{{cite journal|last1=Núñez|first1=Jorge|last2=Martínez|first2=Alejandro|last3=Brito|first3=M. Carmen|title=A new species of Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from the Atlantida Tunnel, Lanzarote, Canary Islands|journal=Marine Biodiversity|volume=39|issue=3|year=2009|pages=209–214|issn=1867-1616|doi=10.1007/s12526-009-0026-3}}{{cite journal|last1=Simon|first1=Carol|last2=Martín|first2=Guillermo San|last3=Robinson|first3=Georgina|title=Two new species of Syllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary|journal=Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom|volume=94|issue=4|year=2014|pages=729–746|issn=0025-3154|doi=10.1017/S0025315413001926|url=https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=200433/6DDAFB5E-9B38-4657-A654-CCFA8C249632.pdf&pub_id=200433}}{{cite journal|last1=Frontana-Uribe|first1=Sarita|last2=Soli's-Weiss|first2=Vivianne|title=First Records of Polychaetous Annelids from Cenote Aerolito (Sinkhole and Anchialine Cave) in Cozumel Island|journal=Journal of Cave and Karst Studies|volume=73|issue=1|year=2011|pages=1–10|issn=1090-6924|doi=10.4311/jcks2009lsc0107|doi-access=free}} Its type species is Erinaceusyllis erinaceus, formerly Sphaerosyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863). 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.{{cite web|title=Erinaceusyllis San Martín, 2005|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2310994|website=GBIF Backbone Taxonomy|publisher=GBIF|access-date=24 June 2015}} The family contains two other genera, Sphaerosyllis (48 species) and Prosphaerosyllis.{{cite journal|last1=Faulwetter|first1=Sarah|last2=Chatzigeorgiou|first2=Georgios|last3=Galil|first3=Bella S.|last4=Nicolaidou|first4=Artemis|last5=Arvanitidis|first5=Christos|title=Sphaerosyllis levantina sp. n. (Annelida) from the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on character variation in Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863|journal=ZooKeys|issue=150|year=2011|pages=327–345|issn=1313-2970|doi=10.3897/zookeys.150.1877|pmid=22346561|pmc=3234443 |doi-access=free }}