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Glycera Savigny, 1818 
AphiaID: 129296

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Glyceriformia (Suborder) > Glyceridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Parent Glyceridae Grube, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Hamiglycera Ehlers, 1908 (subjective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

original description (from synonym): Ehlers, E. 1908. Die Bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 'Valdivia' 1898-1899. Volume 16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 105 [details] [view taxon]


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 Species Glycera abranchiata Treadwell, 1901
Species Glycera africana Arwidsson, 1899
Species Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  » Subspecies Glycera alba adspersa Fauvel, 1939
» Subspecies Glycera alba cochinensis Southern, 1921
» Subspecies Glycera alba macrobranchia Moore, 1911 accepted as Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911
Species Glycera amadaiba Imajima, 2003
Species Glycera amboinensis McIntosh, 1885
Species Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera asymmetrica Day, 1973
Species Glycera baltica Eisenack, 1939
Species Glycera bassensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931
Species Glycera benhami Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera branchiopoda Moore, 1911
Species Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870
Species Glycera calbuconensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Species Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843
  » Subspecies Glycera capitata antarctica Averincev, 1972
» Subspecies Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931 accepted as Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931
» Subspecies Glycera capitata setosa Örsted, 1843 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843
Species Glycera carnea Blanchard in Gay, 1849
Species Glycera celtica O'Connor, 1987
Species Glycera chirori Izuka, 1912
Species Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874
Species Glycera dayi O'Connor, 1987
Species Glycera decipiens Marenzeller, 1879
Species Glycera dentribranchia Lee, 1985
Species Glycera derbyensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
Species Glycera dibranchiata Ehlers, 1868
Species Glycera diva Böggemann, 2009
Species Glycera dubia (Blainville, 1825)
Species Glycera edwardsi Gravier, 1900
Species Glycera ehlersi Arwidsson, 1899
Species Glycera embranchiata Krishnamoorthi, 1962
Species Glycera epipolasis (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850
Species Glycera fundicola Chamberlin, 1919
Species Glycera fusiformis Fischli, 1900
Species Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866
Species Glycera gilbertae Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera glaucopsammensis Charletta & Boyer, 1974 †
Species Glycera guatemalensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera guinensis Augener, 1918
Species Glycera hasidatensis Izuka, 1912
Species Glycera heteropoda Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Species Glycera incerta Hansen, 1882
Species Glycera juliae Magalhaes & Rizzo, 2012
Species Glycera kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
Species Glycera knoxi Kirkegard, 1995
Species Glycera lamelliformis McIntosh, 1885
Species Glycera lamellipodia Knox, 1960
Species Glycera lancadivae Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 1866
Species Glycera longipinnis Grube, 1878
Species Glycera longissima Arwidsson, 1899
Species Glycera macintoshi Grube, 1877
Species Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911
Species Glycera madagascariensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera manorae Fauvel, 1932
Species Glycera martensii Grube, 1870
Species Glycera mauritiana Grube, 1870
Species Glycera mexicana (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Glycera micrognatha Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera mimica Hartman, 1965
Subspecies Glycera minor La Greca, 1946
Species Glycera minuta (Bobretzky, 1870)
  » Subspecies Glycera minuta sevastopolica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Glycera minuta (Bobretzky, 1870)
» Subspecies Glycera minuta suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Glycera minuta (Bobretzky, 1870)
Species Glycera nana Johnson, 1901
Species Glycera natalensis Day, 1957
Species Glycera neorobusta Imajima, 2009
Species Glycera nicobarica Grube, 1868
Species Glycera nigripes Hornell, 1891
Species Glycera noelae Böggemann, Bienhold & Gaudron, 2012
Species Glycera okai Imajima, 2009
Species Glycera onomichiensis Izuka, 1912
Species Glycera orientalis Buzhinskaja, 1993
Species Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
Species Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866
Species Glycera papillosa Grube, 1857
Species Glycera pilicae Szaniawski, 1974
Species Glycera polygona Risso, 1826
Species Glycera posterobranchia Hoagland, 1920
Species Glycera prashadi Fauvel, 1932
Species Glycera profundi Chamberlin, 1919
Species Glycera prosobranchia Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera pseudorobusta Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
Species Glycera robusta Ehlers, 1868
Species Glycera russa Grube, 1870
Species Glycera rutilans Grube in McIntosh, 1885
Species Glycera semibranchiopoda Imajima, 2009
Species Glycera southeastatlantica Böggemann, 2009
Species Glycera spadix Treadwell, 1943
Species Glycera sphyrabrancha Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera subaenea Grube, 1878
Species Glycera taprobanensis Silva, 1965
Species Glycera taurica Czerniavsky, 1881
Species Glycera tenuis Hartman, 1944
Species Glycera tesselata Grube, 1840
  » Subspecies Glycera tesselata minor La Greca, 1946
Species Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

Species Glycera siphonostoma (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (nomen dubium, indeterminable)

Species Glycera albicans Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Glycera basibranchia Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866
Species Glycera branchialis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Glycera chilensis Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera longissima Arwidsson, 1899
Species Glycera cirrata Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera convoluta Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
  » Subspecies Glycera convoluta capensis Monro, 1933 accepted as Glycera prashadi Fauvel, 1932
» Subspecies Glycera convoluta sevastopolica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
» Subspecies Glycera convoluta suchumica Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
» Subspecies Glycera convoluta uncinata Rioja, 1918 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera corrugata Baird, 1863 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera danica Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Glycera decorata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866
Species Glycera diodon Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857)
Species Glycera edentata Hansen, 1882 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera edwardsi Gravier, 1906 accepted as Glycera lancadivae Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera exigua Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911
Species Glycera folliculosa Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866
Species Glycera goesi Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Glycera jucunda Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera koehleri Roule, 1896 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1840
Species Glycera kraussii Stimpson, 1856 accepted as Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Glycera laevis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera macrorhiza Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857)
Species Glycera meckelii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Glycera mesnili Saint-Joseph, 1898 accepted as Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Glycera microdonta Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Glycera micrognatha Schmarda, 1861
Species Glycera misakiensis Izuka, 1912 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera mitis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850
Species Glycera monodon Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857)
Species Glycera muelleri Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843
Species Glycera nicobarica Grube, 1866 accepted as Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Glycera opisthobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera ovigera Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera peruviana Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera retractilis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866
Species Glycera rosea Blainville in Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857)
Species Glycera rouxi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Glycera rouxii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
Species Glycera rouxii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Glycera rugosa Johnson, 1901 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
Species Glycera saccibranchis Grube, 1878 accepted as Glycera subaenea Grube, 1878
Species Glycera sagittariae Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1840
Species Glycera sagittariae McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866
Species Glycera setosa Örsted, 1843 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843
Species Glycera simplex Grube, 1857 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857)
Species Glycera verdescens Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
Species Glycera viridescens Stimpson, 1854 accepted as Goniada maculata Örsted, 1843
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtype  detritus feeder [details]
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Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species: Type species: Glycera unicornis Savigny, 1818 in Fauchald (1977). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129296
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Glycera Savigny, 1818. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129296 on 2013-06-19
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