| Syllis ramosa | |
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| Syllis ramosa (on right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Syllidae |
| Genus: | Syllis |
| Species: | S. ramosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Syllis ramosa | |
Syllis ramosa is a species of polychaete worm in the family Syllidae.[2] It is found in the deep sea where it lives within the tissues of a sponge. It was the first branching polychaete worm to be discovered, with each worm having a single head and multiple anuses.
- ^ McIntosh, W.C. (1879). "On a Remarkably Branched Syllis, dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger.'". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 14 (80): 720–724. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02356.x.
- ^ Fauchald, Kristian (2015). "Syllis ramosa McIntosh, 1879". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2017.