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Syllis

{{Short description|Genus of marine polychaete worms}}

{{For|greek myth figure|Syllis (mythology)}}

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| image = Syllis gracilis.jpg

| image_alt = "Syllis gracilis" found at the port of Livorno at a depth of 0.5 m

| image_caption = Syllis gracilis found at the port of Livorno at 0.5 m deep

| taxon = Syllis

| authority = Lamarck, 1818Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Paris, Deterville. 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879

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| type_species = Syllis monilaris

| type_species_authority = Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2019). World Polychaeta database. Syllis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129680 on 2019-04-30

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Syllis is a genus of marine bioluminescent polychaete worms.{{cite journal |last1=Herring |first1=Peter J. |title=Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms |journal=Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence |date=1987 |issue=3|volume=1 |pages=147–163|doi=10.1002/bio.1170010303 |pmid=3503524 }}

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Category:Polychaete genera

Category:Bioluminescent annelids

Category:Syllidae