MSBIAS taxon details
Glycera Lamarck, 1818
129296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129296)
accepted
Genus
Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (type by monotypy)
- Species Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842
- Species Glycera celtica O'Connor, 1987
- Species Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850
- Species Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
- Species Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863
- Species Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
- Species Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818
- Species Glycera convoluta Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera dayi O'Connor, 1987 accepted as Glycera celtica O'Connor, 1987 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Species Glycera mimica Hartman, 1965 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [details]
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Glycera Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129296 on 2025-06-20
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Glycera Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129296 on 2025-06-20
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Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 314; note: for Glycera unicornis [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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
