WoRMS taxon details
Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
130126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130126)
accepted
Species
Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, raised to...)
subjective synonym, raised to species rank
Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Glycera verdescens Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 121-123, plate 41 figs. 7-11 [details]
page(s): 121-123, plate 41 figs. 7-11 [details]
Holotype MCZ, geounit Barbados
Holotype MCZ, geounit Barbados [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130126 on 2025-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 121-123, plate 41 figs. 7-11 [details]
original description (of Glycera verdescens Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 14 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931) Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. <em>Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.</em> 44: 279-313.
page(s): 303-304, fig. 9a-b [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 121-123, plate 41 figs. 7-11 [details]
original description (of Glycera verdescens Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 14 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931) Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. <em>Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.</em> 44: 279-313.
page(s): 303-304, fig. 9a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]
additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1960). Estudios anelidológicos. XXIV. Adiciones a la fauna de anélidos poliquetos de las costas orientales de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 31(1/2): 289-316., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/1159/1303
page(s): 299-301, figs. 16-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Rizzo, Alexandra Elaine; Steiner, Tatiana Menchini; Amaral, Antonia Cecília Zacagnini. (2007). Glyceridae Grube 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Southern and Southeastern Brazil, including a new species of Glycera. <em>Biota Neotropica.</em> 7(3): 41-59., available online at https://www.scielo.br/j/bn/a/SkrBt4XVKpWLLHtTzHPywZm/?lang=en#
page(s): 46 figures 11-12; note: records and description for Brazil [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]
additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1960). Estudios anelidológicos. XXIV. Adiciones a la fauna de anélidos poliquetos de las costas orientales de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 31(1/2): 289-316., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/1159/1303
page(s): 299-301, figs. 16-20 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Rizzo, Alexandra Elaine; Steiner, Tatiana Menchini; Amaral, Antonia Cecília Zacagnini. (2007). Glyceridae Grube 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Southern and Southeastern Brazil, including a new species of Glycera. <em>Biota Neotropica.</em> 7(3): 41-59., available online at https://www.scielo.br/j/bn/a/SkrBt4XVKpWLLHtTzHPywZm/?lang=en#
page(s): 46 figures 11-12; note: records and description for Brazil [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MCZ, geounit Barbados [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat In gravel at a depth of between 10-150 m. [details]Identification This species has often been mistaken for G. gigantea Quatrefages, 1865 an G. capitata Oersted, 1843. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ズナガチロリ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glycera benguellana) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glycera oxycephala)
To Genbank
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (31 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glycera benguellana) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glycera oxycephala)
To Genbank
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (31 records)
To ITIS
