Ramisyllis multicaudata
| Ramisyllis multicaudata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Annelida | 
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida | 
| Subclass: | Errantia | 
| Order: | Phyllodocida | 
| Family: | Syllidae | 
| Genus: | Ramisyllis | 
| Species: | R. multicaudata | 
| Binomial name | |
| Ramisyllis multicaudata Glasby, Schroeder & Aguado, 2012 | |
Ramisyllis multicaudata is a species of polychaete worm in the family Syllidae. It was found in Darwin Harbour, Australia, where it was living within the tissues of a sponge of the genus Petrosia. It was the second branching species of polychaete worm to have been discovered, the first having been Syllis ramosa, a deep water species, more than a century earlier. In 2022, a second species in R. multicaudata's genus, Ramisyllis kingghidorahi, was described from specimens taken off the coast of Sado Island, Japan.