Exogoninae Langerhans, 1879

Genus Sphaerosyllis Clapar è de, 1863

Sphaerosyllis ClaparPde, 1863: 45 .—San Martίn, 2003: 187, 188; 2005: 86, 87. Type species. Sphaerosyllis hystrix ClaparPde, 1863 .

Sphaerosyllis georgeharrisoni San Mart ί n, 2005

Sphaerosyllis georgeharrisoni San Martίn, 2005: 97–99, figs 53, 54.

Material examined. Holotype AM W28657, Australia, West Australia: Goss Passage, Beacon Isl., 28°25.5'S 113°47'E, dead coral plates covered in coralline algae, 8 m, 22 May 1994; 1 spec. ZMA V.Pol. 2603 (as Syllis sp.), Indonesia, Maluku, Kajoa Isl., anchorage on E coast, townet, coral, 66 m, Siboga Expedition, Sta. 138, 3 Aug. 1899.

Remarks. The Indonesian specimen agrees with the holotype and the original description. Distribution. Australia, Indonesia.