WoRMS taxon details
Glycera Lamarck, 1818
129296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129296)
accepted
Genus
Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (type by monotypy)
Hamiglycera Ehlers, 1908 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Paranereites Eisenack, 1939 † · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Rhynchobolus Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Telake Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera africana Arwidsson, 1899
- Species Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Glycera amadaiba Imajima, 2003
- Species Glycera amboinensis McIntosh, 1885
- Species Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
- Species Glycera asymmetrica Day, 1973
- Species Glycera bassensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
- Species Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931
- Species Glycera benhami Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
- Species Glycera boeggemanni Rizzo, Steiner & Amaral, 2007
- Species Glycera branchiopoda Moore, 1911
- Species Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870
- Species Glycera calbucoensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
- Species Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842
- 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 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 ehlersi Arwidsson, 1899
- Species Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850
- Species Glycera fundicola Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Glycera gilbertae Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
- 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 Magalhães & Rizzo, 2012
- Species Glycera kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
- Species Glycera knoxi Kirkegaard, 1995
- Species Glycera lamelliformis McIntosh, 1885
- Species Glycera lancadivae Schmarda, 1861
- Species Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Glycera longipinnis Grube, 1878
- Species Glycera macintoshi Grube, 1877
- Species Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911
- Species Glycera madagascariensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
- Species Glycera mauritiana Grube, 1870
- Species Glycera mexicana (Chamberlin, 1919)
- Species Glycera micrognatha Schmarda, 1861
- Species Glycera nana Johnson, 1901
- Species Glycera natalensis Day, 1957
- Species Glycera neorobusta Imajima, 2009
- Species Glycera nicobarica Grube, 1866
- Species Glycera noelae Böggemann, Bienhold & Gaudron, 2012
- Species Glycera okai Imajima, 2009
- Species Glycera onomichiensis Izuka, 1912
- Species Glycera ovigera Schmarda, 1861
- Species Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
- Species Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866
- Species Glycera papillosa Grube, 1857
- Species Glycera polygona Risso, 1826
- Species Glycera posterobranchia Hoagland, 1920
- 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 sagittariae McIntosh, 1885
- Species Glycera semibranchiopoda Imajima, 2009
- Species Glycera sheikhmujibi Hossain & Hutchings, 2020
- Species Glycera southeastatlantica Böggemann, 2009
- Species Glycera sphyrabrancha Schmarda, 1861
- Species Glycera subaenea Grube, 1878
- Species Glycera taurica Czerniavsky, 1881
- Species Glycera tenuis Hartman, 1944
- Species Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863
- Species Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
- Species Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818
- Species Glycera abranchiata Treadwell, 1901 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera albicans Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera basibranchia Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym (nomen dubium))
- Species Glycera branchialis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera chilensis Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera longissima Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera cirrata Grube, 1857 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera convoluta Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera corrugata Baird, 1863 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera danica Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera dayi O'Connor, 1987 accepted as Glycera celtica O'Connor, 1987 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera decorata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera diodon Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera edentata Hansen, 1882 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera edwardsi Gravier, 1906 accepted as Glycera lancadivae Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera edwardsi Gravier, 1902 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera embranchiata Krishnamoorthi, 1962 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Glycera epipolasis (Chamberlin, 1919) accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (superseded combination)
- Species Glycera exigua Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera folliculosa Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera fusiformis Fischli, 1900 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera goesi Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera jucunda Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera koehleri Roule, 1896 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera laevis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera lamellipodia Knox, 1960 accepted as Glycera lamelliformis McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera longissima Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera macrorhiza Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera manorae Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera martensii Grube, 1870 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera meckelii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera mesnili Saint-Joseph, 1898 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera microdonta [lapsus by Schmarda, 1861 for intended G. micrognatha] accepted as Glycera micrognatha Schmarda, 1861 (lapsus calami)
- Species Glycera mimica Hartman, 1965 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera minor La Greca, 1946 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym with species rank)
- Species Glycera minuta (Bobretzky, 1870) accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (superseded combination)
- Species Glycera misakiensis Izuka, 1912 accepted as Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera mitis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera monodon Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera muelleri Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera nigripes Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera opisthobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera orientalis Buzhinskaja, 1993 accepted as Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera peruviana Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera prashadi Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera retractilis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera rosea Blainville in Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera rouxi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Glycera rouxii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Glycera rouxii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera rugosa Johnson, 1901 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera saccibranchis Grube, 1878 accepted as Glycera subaenea Grube, 1878 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera sagittariae Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera setosa Örsted, 1842 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera simplex Grube, 1857 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (superseded original combination)
- Species Glycera spadix Treadwell, 1943 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera taprobanensis De Silva, 1965 accepted as Glycera natalensis Day, 1957 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera verdescens Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera viridescens Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Goniada maculata Örsted, 1843
- Species Glycera kraussii Stimpson, 1855 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable, type lost)
- Species Glycera siphonostoma (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [details]
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [details]
Etymology Not stated in Lamarck or Savigny, or Hartman (1950) or Böggemann (2002). However, Glycera was a widely used ancient Greek...
Etymology Not stated in Lamarck or Savigny, or Hartman (1950) or Böggemann (2002). However, Glycera was a widely used ancient Greek female given name, especially for courtesans and Hetaira, e.g., see ([Wikipedia] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Glycera Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129296 on 2024-04-19
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Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [details]
original description (of Paranereites Eisenack, 1939 †) Eisenack, Alfred. (1939). Einige neue Annelidenreste aus dem Silur und dem Jura des Baltikums. <em>Zeitschrift für Geschiebeforschung und Flachlandsgeologie.</em> 15(3): 153-176.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Hamiglycera Ehlers, 1908) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Rhynchobolus Claparède, 1868) Claparède, R.-É. (1868). Les annelides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. pp. 499 plus 31 plates, Ramboz et Schuchardt, Genève., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48090491
page(s): 182 (492); note: Numerous species suggested to be included. No type species set. [details]
original description (of Telake Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 344, 345-346 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
redescription Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 12, 36 [details]
status source Böggemann, M. (2002). Revision of the Glyceridae Grube 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 555: 1–249., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/list/series/abh_senck [details]
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [details]
original description (of Paranereites Eisenack, 1939 †) Eisenack, Alfred. (1939). Einige neue Annelidenreste aus dem Silur und dem Jura des Baltikums. <em>Zeitschrift für Geschiebeforschung und Flachlandsgeologie.</em> 15(3): 153-176.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Hamiglycera Ehlers, 1908) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Rhynchobolus Claparède, 1868) Claparède, R.-É. (1868). Les annelides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. pp. 499 plus 31 plates, Ramboz et Schuchardt, Genève., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48090491
page(s): 182 (492); note: Numerous species suggested to be included. No type species set. [details]
original description (of Telake Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 344, 345-346 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
redescription Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 12, 36 [details]
status source Böggemann, M. (2002). Revision of the Glyceridae Grube 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 555: 1–249., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/list/series/abh_senck [details]
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Authority Usually given as Savigny alone (this is definitely incorrect) or Savigny in Lamarck, but Lamarck alone is correct. Lamarck (1818:314-315) derives at least the name Glycera unicornis and presumably also Glycera from the Savigny Mss, publication date 1822. Some of the wording is similar, but the two texts differ. Savigny is the initiator of the names, but not the author. [details]Etymology Not stated in Lamarck or Savigny, or Hartman (1950) or Böggemann (2002). However, Glycera was a widely used ancient Greek female given name, especially for courtesans and Hetaira, e.g., see ([Wikipedia] [details]
Grammatical gender feminine from the Greek female given name. Adjectival species names in Glycera appear to be consistently created as feminine. The type species name 'unicornis' is an adjective unchanging between masculine/feminine. [details]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
