Genus Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863

Sphaerosyllis austriaca Banse, 1959

DISTRIBUTION: SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008.

Sphaerosyllis boeroi Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005 DISTRIBUTION: SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Musco 2012.

Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Kiseleva 1964; Musco et al. 2004; Simonini et al. 2007; Casellato et al. 2007; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008.

* Sphaerosyllis claparedii Ehlers, 1864

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Ehlers 1864; Carus 1884; Cognetti 1958; Banse 1959; Katzmann 1972; Amoureux 1983c; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Sphaerosyllis claparedii Ehlers, 1864; Sphaerosyllis claparedi Ehlers, 1864 .

Sphaerosyllis glandulata Perkins, 1981

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Fraschetti et al. 2002; Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM19, BM22.

DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM22, 30.09.2010., 1 spec. (PMR-17632).

Sphaerosyllis gravinae Somaschini & San Martín, 1994 DISTRIBUTION: SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Giangrande et al. 2001; Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008.

Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Stossich 1876, 1883; Carus 1884; Cognetti 1958; Banse 1959, 1970; Katzmann 1971, 1972, 1973a; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Amoureux 1983c; Katzmann 1983; Fassari 1983; Požar-Domac 1986, 1994; Fraschetti et al. 2002; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010; Musco 2012.

NEW RECORDS: BM11, BM13, BM18, BM19, BM20, BM28, BM52, BM53, BM78, BM99.

Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Zavodnik 1965, 1967b; Požar-Domac 1994; Casellato & Stefanon 2008.

Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Fraschetti et al. 2002; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010; Musco 2012.

NEW RECORDS: BM19, BM68, BM74.

Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008; Musco 2012. NEW RECORDS: BM18, BM19, BM20, BM99.

Sphaerosyllis thomasi San Martín, 1984

DISTRIBUTION: SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008.