The list of polychaete worms of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the class Polychaeta (Phylum Annelida) fauna of South Africa. The list follows the SANBI listing.
Amphinomida Order Amphinomida
Amphinomidae Family Amphinomidae Genus Amphinome: Amphinome rostrata (Kinberg, 1867), syn. Amphinome (Plerone) tetraedra, Amphinome lepadis, Amphinome luzoniae, Amphinome natans, Amphinome pallasii, Amphinome quatrefagesi, Amphinome tetraedra, Aphrodita rostrata, Asloegia capillata, Colonianella rostrata, Pleione tetraedra Genus Chloeia: Chloeia inermis Quatrefages, 1866, syn. Chloeia gilchristi, Chloeia spectabilis Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766), syn. Amphinome capillata, Aphrodita flava, Chloeia ancora, Chloeia capillata, Chloeia ceylonica, Chloeia incerta, Chloeia natalensis, Thesmia flava Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885, syn. Chloeia longisetosa Genus Eurythoe: Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766), syn. Amphinome jamaicensis, Amphinome macrotricha, Aphrodita complanata, Blenda armata, Eurythoe albosetosa, Eurythoe alcyonaria, Eurythoe assimilis, Eurythoe capensis, Eurythoe corallina, Eurythoe ehlersi, Eurythoe havaica, Eurythoe indica, Eurythoe kamehameha, Eurythoe laevisetis, Eurythoe pacifica, Eurythoe pacifica levukaensi, Lycaretus neocephalicus, Pleione alcyonea Eurythoe parvecarunculata Horst, 1912, syn. Eurythoe heterotricha Genus Hipponoa: Hipponoa gaudichaudi Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833, syn. Hipponoa gaudichaudi agulhana Genus Linopherus: Linopherus microcephala Fauvel 1932, syn. Pseudeurythoe microcephala Genus Pareurythoe: Pareurythoe chilensis (Kinberg, 1867), syn. Eurythoe chilensis
Euphrosinidae Family Euphrosinidae Genus Euphrosine: Euphrosine capensis Kinberg, 1857, syn. Euphrosine polybranchia, Euphrosyne capensis Euphrosine myrtosa Savigny in Lamarck, 1818, syn. Euphrosyne myrtosa
Echiuroidea Order Echiuroidea
Echiuridae Family Echiuridae Genus Anelassorhynchus: Anelassorhynchus gangae Biseswar, R., 1984 Anelassorhynchus indivisu Sluiter, 1900 syn. Thalassema indivisus Anelassorhynchus moebii Greeff, 1879 syn. Thalassema moebii Genus Echiurus: Echiurus antarcticus Spengel, 1912 Echiurus echiurus Pallas, 1766 syn. Lumbricus echiurus Genus Listriolobus: Listriolobus capensis Jones & Stephen, 1966 Genus Ochetostoma: Ochetostoma arkati Prashad, 1935 Ochetostoma baronii Greeff, 1879 syn. Ochetostoma baroni Ochetostoma cxaudex Lampert, 1883 Ochetostoma decameron Lanchester, 1905 Ochetostoma erythrogrammon Leuckart & Ruppell, 1828 Ochetostoma formosulum Lampert, 1883 Ochetostoma kempi Prashad, 1919 Ochetostoma natalense Biseswar, R., 1988 Ochetostoma palense Ikeda, 1924 Genus Thalassema: Thalassema diaphanes Sluiter, 1888 Thalassema elapsum Sluiter, 1912 Thalassema jenniferae Biseswar, R., 1988 Thalassema thalassemum Pallas, 1766 syn. Lumbricus thalassemum; Thalassema neptuni Thalassema philostracum Fisher, 1947
Eunicida Order Eunicida
Dorvilleidae Family Dorvilleidae Genus Ophryotrocha: Ophryotrocha puerilis Claparède & Metschnikow, 1869, syn. Paractius mutabilis, Staurocephalus minimus Protodorvillea biarticulata Day, 1963, endemic Protodorvillea egena (Ehlers, 1913), syn. Dorvillea gracilloides, Dorvillea mandapamae, Protodorvillea mandapamae, Stauronereis egena Schistomeringos neglecta (Fauvel, 1923), syn. Dorvillea neglecta, Staurocephalus neglectus, Stauronereis neglectus Schistomeringos rudolphi (Delle Chiaje, 1828), syn. Dorvillea rudolphi, Nereis rudolphi, Nereis rudolphii, Prionognathus ciliata, Schistomeringos rudolphi, Schaurocephalus chiaji, Staurocephalus ciliatus robertianae, Staurocephalus pallidus, Staurocephalus rudolphii, Stauronereis madeirae, Stauronereis polyodonta, Stauronereis rudolphi, Stauronereis rudolphii, Syllis rudolphiana
Eunicidae Family Eunicidae Genus Eunice: Eunice laticeps Ehlers 1868, syn. Eunice tentaculata Eunice cincta (Kinberg, 1865), syn Nicidion cincta Eunice antennata (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818), syn. Eunice longiqua, Leodice antennata Eunice australis Quatrefages, 1866, syn. Eunice leuconuchalis, Eunice paucibranchis Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828), syn. Eunice congesta, Eunice minuta, Eunice pellucida, Nereis vittata Eunice indica Kinberg, 1865 Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904, syn. Euniphysa tubifex Eunice norvegica (Linnaeus, 1767), syn. Eunice gunneri, Leodice gunneri, Nereis madreporae pertusae, Nereis norvegica Eunice pennata (O.F. Müller, 1776), syn. Eunice (Eunice) pennate, Nereis pennata Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788), syn. Eunice flavopicta, Leodice gigantea, Nereis aphroditois Eunice grubei Gravier, 1900 Eunice filamentosa Grube & Örsted in Grube, 1856, syn. Eunice cirrobranchiata Eunice afra Peters, 1855 Genus Lysidice: Lysidice natalensis Kinberg, 1865, syn. Lycidice natalensis, Lysidice atra, Lysidice capensis Lysidice collaris Grube, 1870, syn. Lycidice lunae, Lycidice pectinifera, Lysidice fallax, Lysidice fusca, Lysidice parva, Lysidice robusta, Lysidice sulcata Genus Marphysa: Marphysa depressa (Schmarda, 1861), syn. Eunice depressa Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815), syn. Leodice opalina, Lysidice multicirrata, Marphysa acicularum, Marphysa acicularum brevibranchiata, Marphysa haemasoma, Marphysa iwamushi, Marphysa leidii, Marphysa nobilis, Marphysa parishii, Marphysa sanguinea americana, Marphysa viridis, Nereis sanguinea Marphysa macintoshi Crossland, 1903 Marphysa purcellana Willey, 1904 endemic Marphysa posteriobranchia Day, 1962 endemic Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865), syn. Marphysa capensis, Nauphanta corallina Genus Nematonereis: Nematonereis unicornis Grube 1840, syn. Lumbriconereis unicornis, Nematonereis grubei, Nematonereis unicornis Genus Palola: Palola siciliensis (Grube, 1840), syn. Eunice siciliensis, Nereidonta paretti, Palolo siciliensis
Lumbrineridae Family Lumbrineridae Genus Lumbrineris: Lumbrineris magalhaensis Kinberg, 1865, syn. Lumbriconereis magalhaensis, Lumbriconeries pettigrew Lumbrineris meteorana Augener, 1931, syn. Lumbriconereis meteorana Lumbrineris albidentata Ehlers, 1908, syn. Lumbriconereis albidentata Lumbrineris brevicirra (Schmarda, 1861), syn. Lumbriconeris brevicirrus, Limbrinereis brevicirra, Notocirrus brevicirrus Lumbrineris inflata Moore, 1911, syn. Lumbriconereis gurjanovea, Lumbrinereis cervicalis Lumbrineris coccinea (Renier, 1804), syn. Lumbriconeris coccinea, Lumbrineris vasco, Nereis coccinea 1804 Lumbrineris oculata Ehlers, 1908, syn. Lumbriconereis oculata, endemic Lumbrineris cavifrons Grube, 1866, syn. Lumbriconereis cavifrons, Lumbrinereis cavifrons Lumbrineris latreilli Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834, syn. Lumbriconereis edwardsii, Lumbriconereis floridana, Lumbriconereis futilis, Lumbriconereis nardonis, Lumbriconereis tingens, Zygolobus grubianus Lumbrineris aberrans Day, 1963, syn. Lumbrinereis aberrans, endemic Lumbrineris tetraura (Schmarda, 1861), syn. Lumbriconereis (Notocirrus) tetraura, Lumbriconereis tetraura, Lumbriconereis tetraura, Notocirrus tetraurus Lumbrineris hartmani Day, 1953, syn. Lumbrinereis hartmani, endemic Lumbrineris heteropoda Day, 1963, syn. Lumbrineris heteropoda atlantica Lumbrineris heteropoda Marenzeller, 1879, syn. Lumbriconereis heteropoda Lumbrineris papillifera Fauvel, 1918, syn. Lumbriconereis papillifera
Oenonidae Family Oenonidae Genus Arabella: Arabella mutans (Chamberlin, 1919), syn. Arabella novecrinita, Aracoda obscura, Cenothrix mutans Arabella iricolor (Schmarda, 1861), syn. Aracoda caerulea, Aracoda capensis, Notocirrus capensis Genus Drilognathus: Drilognathus capensis Day, 1960 endemic Genus Drilonereis: Drilonereis monroi Day, 1960 endemic Drilonereis falcata Moore 1911 Genus Oenone: Oenone fulgida (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818), syn. Aglaura fulgida, Aglaurides erythreaeensis, Aglaurides erythraeensis symmetrica, Aglaurides fulgida, Halla australis, Oenone diphyllidia, Oenone haswelli, Oenone lucida, Oenone pacifica, Oenone symetrica, Oenone telura, Oenone vitensis
Onuphidae Family Onuphidae Genus Brevibrachium: Brevibrachium capense Day, 1960, syn. Rhamphorachium capense, endemic Genus Diopatra: Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802), syn. Diopatra brasiliensis, Diopatra fragilis, Diopatra frontalis, Diopatra spiribranchis, Diopatra variegata, Nereis cuprea Diopatra cuprea Ehlers 1908, syn. Diopatra punctifera, endemic Diopatra dubia Day, 1960 endemic Diopatra gilchristi Day, 1960, syn. Epidiopatra gilchristi endemic Diopatra monroi Day, 1960 endemic Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841, syn. Diopatra baeri, Diopatra gallica, Diopatra iridicolor Diopatra neapolitana Day, 1960 endemic Diopatra papillosa Day, 1967, syn. Epidiopatra papillosa Genus Epidiopatra: Epidiopatra hupferiana Day, 1957 Genus Heptaceras: Heptaceras quinquedens Day, 1951, syn. Onuphis quinquedens Genus Hyalinoecia: Hyalinoecia tubicola (O.F. Müller, 1776), syn. Hyalinoecia platybranchis, Neris tubicola, Onuphis filicornis, Omnuphis sicula Genus Nothria: Nothria conchylega (Sars, 1835), syn. Northria concyphilla, Onuphis britannica, Onuphis conchylega, Onuphis eschrichti, Onuphis hyperborea, Onuphis jopurdei Genus Onuphis: Onuphis eremita Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833, syn. Diopatra simplex, Onuphis landanensis, Onuphis pancerii Onuphis geophiliformis (Moore, 1903) Onuphis holobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879, syn. Onuphis (Nothria) holobranchiata Genus Paradiopatra: Paradiopatra quadricuspis M. Sars in G.O. Sars 1872, syn. Onuphis quadricuspis, Sarsonuphis quadricuspis Genus Paronuphis: Paronuphis antarctica (Monro, 1930), syn. Paranuphis abyssorum abyssorum Genus Rhamphobrachium: Rhamphobrachium chuni Ehlers, 1908
Phyllodocida Order Phyllodocida
Acoetidae Family Acoetidae Genus Panthalis: Panthalis oesterdi McIntosh, 1924, endemic
Alciopidae Family Alciopidae Genus Alciopa: Alciopa reynaudii Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833 Genus Alciopina: Alciopina parasitica Claparède & Panceri, 1867 Genus Krohnia: Krohnia lepidota (Krohn, 1845), syn. Alciopa cirrata, Alciopa lepidota, Callizona cincinnata, Callizonella pigmenta Genus Naiades: Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1828, syn. Alciopa cantraini, Alciopa distorta, Alciopa edwardsii, Alciopa mutilata, Alciope microcephala, Liocapa vitrea Genus Plotohelmis: Plotohelmis tenuis (Apstein, 1900), syn. Corynocephalus tenuis Plotohelmis capitata (Greeff, 1876) Genus Rhynchonereella: Rhynchonereella angelini (Kinberg, 1866), syn. Callizona grubei, Callizona henseni, Eulalia magnapupula, Kronia angelini, Rhynchonereella angelinia, Rhynchonerella angeleni, Rhynchonerella angelini, Rhynchonerella parva, Rhynchonerella pycnocera Rhynchonereella gracilis Costa, 1864, syn. Callizona japonica, Callizona nasuta, Kronia aurorae Rhynchonereella moebii (Apstein, 1893), syn. Callizona moebii, Rhynchonerella moebii Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans, 1880), syn. Alciopa (Halodora) petersii, Alciopa cari, Corynocephalus magnachaetus, Rhynchonerella petersi, Rhynchonerella petersii, Vanadis heterochaeta, Vanadis setosa Genus Torrea: Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841), syn. Alciopa candida, Alciopa vittata, Asterope candida, Liocapa vertebralis, Torrea vitrea Genus Vanadis: Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870, syn. Alciopa longirhyncha, Vanadis fuscapunctata, Vanadis greeffiana, Vanadis latocirrata, Vanadis longicauda, Vanadis pelagica, Vanadis uncinata Vanadis crystallina Greeff, 1876, syn. Vanadis augeneri, Vanadis collata, Vanadis ornata Vanadis minuta Treadwell, 1906 Vanadis violacea Apstein, 1893 Vanadis longissima (Levinsen, 1885), syn. Rhynchonerella longissima, Vanadis fasciata, Vanadis grandis, Vanadis pacifica
Aphroditidae Family Aphroditidae Genus Aphrodita Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856 Genus Laetmonice Laetmonice benthaliana McIntosh, 1885, syn. Laetmonice filicornis benthaliana, Laetmonice producta benthaliana