Admetella longipedata (McIntosh, 1885) (new combination reference)
Amage sculpta Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Ammotrypane gymnopyge Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Ophelina gymnopyge (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Ancistrosyllis robusta Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Sigambra robusta (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Cirratulus afer Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Cirratulus concinnus Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Diopatra paucibranchis Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Paradiopatra ehlersi (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Diopatra punctifera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Diopatra cuprea punctifera Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Ditrupa crenata Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Serpula crenata (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Ditrypa crenata Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Serpula crenata (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Enipo rhombigera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Euchone pallida Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Eulalia varia Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Euthalenessa insignis Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Euthalenessa oculata (Peters, 1854) (original description)
Flabelligera pennigera Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Gattyana pallida Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Eunoe pallida (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Glycera kraussii Stimpson, 1855 (taxonomy source)
Hamiglycera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Glycera Lamarck, 1818 (original description)
Hamiglycera serrulifera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 1866 (original description)
Harpochaeta Korschelt, 1893 accepted as Ancistrosyllis McIntosh, 1878 (source of synonymy)
Harpochaeta cingulata Korschelt, 1893 accepted as Ancistrosyllis cingulata (Korschelt, 1893) (source of synonymy)
Herdmanella gracilis Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Heterocirrus cincinnatus Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Aphelochaeta cincinnata (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Heteromaldane Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Maldane Grube, 1860 (original description)
Heteromaldane aequalis Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Maldane aequalis (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Laranda annulata Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Leiochrus Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Leiochrus alutaceus Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Leocratides Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Leocratides filamentosus Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Lepidonotus semitectus (Stimpson, 1855) (basis of record)
Lumbriconereis albidentata Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Augeneria albidentata (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Lumbriconereis mucronata Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Lumbrineriopsis mucronata (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Lumbriconereis oculata Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Lumbrineris oculata Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Magelona cincta Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Nereis glandulosa Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) (original description)
Nereis lucipeta Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Nereis uncinata Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Neanthes kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (original description)
Nicomache interstricta Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Lumbriclymene interstricta (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Orthodromus Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Oxydromus Grube, 1855 (original description)
Orthodromus spinosus Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Oxydromus spinosus (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Pallasia albigena Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Idanthyrsus albigenus (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Pallasia porrecta Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Tetreres porrectus (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Paractius notialis Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Ophryotrocha notialis (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Perolepis Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Perolepis regularis Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Polynoe trochiscophora Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Lepidonotus semitectus (Stimpson, 1855) (source of synonymy)
Potamilla perlonga Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Potamilla paulina (Grube, 1867) (original description)
Rhamphobrachium chuni Ehlers, 1908 (original description)
Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Pista mirabilis McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Serpula crenata (Ehlers, 1908) (basis of record)
Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Erinaceusyllis perspicax (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Stylarioides coronatus Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Pherusa coronata (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Stylarioides xanthotrichus (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Semiodera laevis (Stimpson, 1855) (new combination reference)
Telepsavus vitrarius Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Spiochaetopterus costarum (Claparède, 1869) (original description)
Terebella (Loimia) contorta Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Loimia contorta (Ehlers, 1908) (original description)
Terebella (Phyzelia) fasciata Grube, 1869 accepted as Pista fasciata (Grube, 1869) (additional source)
Terebella flabellum Baird, 1865 accepted as Lanice flabellum (Baird, 1865) (new combination reference)
Thelepus flabellum (Baird, 1865) accepted as Lanice flabellum (Baird, 1865) (new combination reference)
Thelepus rugosus (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (additional source)
Trophonia auricoma Schmarda in Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Pherusa xanthotricha (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Semiodera laevis (Stimpson, 1855) (source of synonymy)
Trophonia auricoma Schmarda in Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Pherusa xanthotricha (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Semiodera laevis (Stimpson, 1855) (original description)

Antarctic Peninsula for Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908 
Atlantic Ocean for Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908 
Atlantic Ocean for Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908 
Atlantic Ocean for Scione spinifera Ehlers, 1908 
Port Elizabeth for Terebella (Phyzelia) fasciata Grube, 1869 
Zanzibar Channel for Terebella (Phyzelia) fasciata Grube, 1869 

Holotype ZMB MOLL unknown, geounit Somalia, identified as Heteromaldane aequalis Ehlers, 1908
Holotype ZMB Vermes 4488, geounit Agulhas Bank, identified as Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908

 Depth range

 for Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908

117 m. [details]

 Diagnosis

 for Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908

Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1908): ''Lang fadenförmig, gleichmäßig gegliedert; Kopflappen mit unpaarem ... [details]

 Diagnosis

 for Leiochrus Ehlers, 1908

Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1908: 130): "Capitellide ohne Kiemen, mit glattem, nicht gefelderten Körper, Thorax ... [details]

 Distribution

 for Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908

South Africa: Agulhas Bank (off south coast of Cape Province). [details]

 Editor's comment

 for Ancistrosyllis cingulata (Korschelt, 1893)

Although Ehlers (1908) placed this larval form in Ancistrosyllis, it is probably indeterminable even to genus ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908

Not stated in the original description. The generic epithet is composed by the combining form cirro-, meaning ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908

Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Heterocirrus cincinnatus Ehlers, 1908

Not stated. Most likely utilising the name of 5th century BCE Roman Republic statesman Lucius Quinctius ... [details]

 Etymology

 for Leiochrus Ehlers, 1908

Not stated by the author, uncertain. The Greek prefix leio- means 'smooth', and so the generic name seems to refer ... [details]

 Habitat

 for Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908

Mud, at shelf depths. [details]

 New combination

 for Pherusa xanthotricha (Schmarda, 1861)

The basis of record of the new combination Pherusa xanthotricha was considered in WoRMS to be Ehlers (1908), but ... [details]

 Type designation

 for Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908

Type designation by monotypy, according to Article 68.3 of the ICZN (1999). Article 68.2.1 (ICZN, 1999), regarding ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908

Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-35.35°, 20.3667°), 117 m, grey mud. [details]

 Type locality

 for Heteromaldane aequalis Ehlers, 1908

Off Somalia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean. Valdivia Station 258. 2.9667, 46.8333 (2 58' N., 46 50' E). 1362 m. 6" ... [details]