| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Syllis aciculata (Treadwell, 1945) | Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis alternata Moore, 1908 | Arctic, Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis amica Quatrefages, 1866 | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis anoculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis armillaris (Müller, 1776) | Indo-Pacific, Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis bella Chamberlin, 1919 | Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis beneliahuae (Campoy & Alquézar, 1982) | Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Central Pacific and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis benguellana Day, 1963 | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Syllis bisetosa unspecified | Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Syllis brasiliensis McIntosh, 1885 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973) | Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis castroviejoi Capa, San-Martín & López,2001 | Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 | Western Central Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis corallicoloides Augener, 1922 | Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843 | Cosmopolitan | 3 | |
| Syllis cruzi Núñez & San Martín, 1991 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis elongata (Johnson, 1901) | Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis exilis unspecified | Western Central Pacific | ||
| Syllis fasciata Malamgren, 1867 | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans | ||
| Syllis ferrani Alós & San Martín, 1987 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis filiformis Rullier, 1972 | Western Central Pacific | ||
| Syllis garciai (Campoy, 1982) | Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis gerundensis (Alós & Campoy, 1981) | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis golfonovensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840 | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis heterochaeta Moore, 1909 | Northeast Pacific | ||
| Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863 | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis kabilica Ben-Eliahu, 1977 | Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic ad the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis krohni Ehlers, 1864 | Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis longisegmentata Grube, 1857 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Syllis longissima Gravier, 1900 | Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis magna (Westheide, 1974) | Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis monilaris (Savigny, 1812) | Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Syllis nigricirris Grube, 1863 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis nuchalis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) | Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis palifica Ehlers, 1901 | Eastern Pacific | ||
| Syllis parapari San Martín & López, 2000 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis pectinans Haswell, 1920 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis pontxioi San Martín & López, 2000 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852 | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis prolixa Ehlers, 1901 | Antarctic Atlantic | ||
| Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881) | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis quaternaria unspecified | Arctic | ||
| Syllis rosea (Langerhans, 1879) | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis sardai San Martín, 1992 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Syllis schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) | Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis sclerolaema Ehlers, 1901 | Northeast Pacific and Antarctic | ||
| Syllis torquata Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis tyrrhena (Licher & Kuper, 1998) | Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Syllis valida Grube, 1857 | Antarctic | ||
| Syllis variegata Grube, 1860 | Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis vittata Grube, 1840 | Western Indian Ocean, Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis vivipara Krohn, 1869 | Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Syllis westheidei San Martín, 1984 | Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean |