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Glycera Lamarck, 1818

129296  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129296)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Glyceriformia (Suborder)
  8. Glyceridae (Family)
  9. Glycera (Genus)
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)

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  1. Species Glycera africana Arwidsson, 1899
  2. Species Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  3. Species Glycera amadaiba Imajima, 2003
  4. Species Glycera amboinensis McIntosh, 1885
  5. Species Glycera americana Leidy, 1855
  6. Species Glycera asymmetrica Day, 1973
  7. Species Glycera bassensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  8. Species Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931
  9. Species Glycera benhami Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  10. Species Glycera boeggemanni Rizzo, Steiner & Amaral, 2007
  11. Species Glycera branchiopoda Moore, 1911
  12. Species Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870
  13. Species Glycera calbucoensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  14. Species Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842
  15. Species Glycera carnea Blanchard in Gay, 1849
  16. Species Glycera celtica O'Connor, 1987
  17. Species Glycera chirori Izuka, 1912
  18. Species Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874
  19. Species Glycera decipiens Marenzeller, 1879
  20. Species Glycera dentribranchia Lee, 1985
  21. Species Glycera derbyensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
  22. Species Glycera dibranchiata Ehlers, 1868
  23. Species Glycera diva Böggemann, 2009
  24. Species Glycera dubia (Blainville, 1825)
  25. Species Glycera ehlersi Arwidsson, 1899
  26. Species Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850
  27. Species Glycera fundicola Chamberlin, 1919
  28. Species Glycera gilbertae Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  29. Species Glycera guatemalensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  30. Species Glycera guinensis Augener, 1918
  31. Species Glycera hasidatensis Izuka, 1912
  32. Species Glycera heteropoda Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  33. Species Glycera incerta Hansen, 1882
  34. Species Glycera juliae Magalhães & Rizzo, 2012
  35. Species Glycera kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
  36. Species Glycera knoxi Kirkegaard, 1995
  37. Species Glycera lamelliformis McIntosh, 1885
  38. Species Glycera lancadivae Schmarda, 1861
  39. Species Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 1866
  40. Species Glycera longipinnis Grube, 1878
  41. Species Glycera macintoshi Grube, 1877
  42. Species Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911
  43. Species Glycera madagascariensis Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  44. Species Glycera mauritiana Grube, 1870
  45. Species Glycera mexicana (Chamberlin, 1919)
  46. Species Glycera micrognatha Schmarda, 1861
  47. Species Glycera nana Johnson, 1901
  48. Species Glycera natalensis Day, 1957
  49. Species Glycera neorobusta Imajima, 2009
  50. Species Glycera nicobarica Grube, 1866
  51. Species Glycera noelae Böggemann, Bienhold & Gaudron, 2012
  52. Species Glycera okai Imajima, 2009
  53. Species Glycera onomichiensis Izuka, 1912
  54. Species Glycera ovigera Schmarda, 1861
  55. Species Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887
  56. Species Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866
  57. Species Glycera papillosa Grube, 1857
  58. Species Glycera polygona Risso, 1826
  59. Species Glycera posterobranchia Hoagland, 1920
  60. Species Glycera profundi Chamberlin, 1919
  61. Species Glycera prosobranchia Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  62. Species Glycera pseudorobusta Böggemann & Fiege, 2001
  63. Species Glycera robusta Ehlers, 1868
  64. Species Glycera russa Grube, 1870
  65. Species Glycera rutilans Grube in McIntosh, 1885
  66. Species Glycera sagittariae McIntosh, 1885
  67. Species Glycera semibranchiopoda Imajima, 2009
  68. Species Glycera sheikhmujibi Hossain & Hutchings, 2020
  69. Species Glycera southeastatlantica Böggemann, 2009
  70. Species Glycera sphyrabrancha Schmarda, 1861
  71. Species Glycera subaenea Grube, 1878
  72. Species Glycera taurica Czerniavsky, 1881
  73. Species Glycera tenuis Hartman, 1944
  74. Species Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863
  75. Species Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861
  76. Species Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818
  77. Species Glycera abranchiata Treadwell, 1901 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  78. Species Glycera albicans Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  79. Species Glycera basibranchia Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym (nomen dubium))
  80. Species Glycera branchialis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  81. Species Glycera chilensis Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera longissima Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  82. Species Glycera cirrata Grube, 1857 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  83. Species Glycera convoluta Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
  84. Species Glycera corrugata Baird, 1863 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  85. Species Glycera danica Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  86. Species Glycera dayi O'Connor, 1987 accepted as Glycera celtica O'Connor, 1987 (subjective synonym)
  87. Species Glycera decorata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
  88. Species Glycera diodon Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
  89. Species Glycera edentata Hansen, 1882 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  90. Species Glycera edwardsi Gravier, 1906 accepted as Glycera lancadivae Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
  91. Species Glycera edwardsi Gravier, 1902 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  92. Species Glycera embranchiata Krishnamoorthi, 1962 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  93. Species Glycera epipolasis (Chamberlin, 1919) accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (superseded combination)
  94. Species Glycera exigua Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911 (subjective synonym)
  95. Species Glycera folliculosa Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
  96. Species Glycera fusiformis Fischli, 1900 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  97. Species Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
  98. Species Glycera goesi Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  99. Species Glycera jucunda Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  100. Species Glycera koehleri Roule, 1896 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
  101. Species Glycera laevis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  102. Species Glycera lamellipodia Knox, 1960 accepted as Glycera lamelliformis McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
  103. Species Glycera longissima Arwidsson, 1899 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  104. Species Glycera macrorhiza Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
  105. Species Glycera manorae Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874 (subjective synonym)
  106. Species Glycera martensii Grube, 1870 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  107. Species Glycera meckelii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  108. Species Glycera mesnili Saint-Joseph, 1898 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  109. Species Glycera microdonta [lapsus by Schmarda, 1861 for intended G. micrognatha] accepted as Glycera micrognatha Schmarda, 1861 (lapsus calami)
  110. Species Glycera mimica Hartman, 1965 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym)
  111. Species Glycera minor La Greca, 1946 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym with species rank)
  112. Species Glycera minuta (Bobretzky, 1870) accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776) (superseded combination)
  113. Species Glycera misakiensis Izuka, 1912 accepted as Glycera pacifica Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
  114. Species Glycera mitis Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
  115. Species Glycera monodon Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
  116. Species Glycera muelleri Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym)
  117. Species Glycera nigripes Johnston, 1865 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  118. Species Glycera opisthobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  119. Species Glycera orientalis Buzhinskaja, 1993 accepted as Glycera macrobranchia Moore, 1911 (subjective synonym)
  120. Species Glycera peruviana Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  121. Species Glycera prashadi Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874 (subjective synonym)
  122. Species Glycera retractilis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
  123. Species Glycera rosea Blainville in Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
  124. Species Glycera rouxi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Glycera rouxii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  125. Species Glycera rouxii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  126. Species Glycera rugosa Johnson, 1901 accepted as Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (subjective synonym)
  127. Species Glycera saccibranchis Grube, 1878 accepted as Glycera subaenea Grube, 1878 (subjective synonym)
  128. Species Glycera sagittariae Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
  129. Species Glycera setosa Örsted, 1842 accepted as Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842 (subjective synonym)
  130. Species Glycera simplex Grube, 1857 accepted as Hemipodia simplex (Grube, 1857) (superseded original combination)
  131. Species Glycera spadix Treadwell, 1943 accepted as Glycera brevicirris Grube, 1870 (subjective synonym)
  132. Species Glycera taprobanensis De Silva, 1965 accepted as Glycera natalensis Day, 1957 (subjective synonym)
  133. Species Glycera verdescens Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887 (subjective synonym)
  134. Species Glycera viridescens Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Goniada maculata Örsted, 1843
  135. Species Glycera kraussii Stimpson, 1855 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable, type lost)
  136. Species Glycera siphonostoma (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [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. [ Natural History of Animals without Vertebrae, presenting the general and particular characters of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an Introduction offering the determination of the essential characters of the Animal, its distinction from the vegetable and other natural bodies, finally, the Exposition of the fundamental Principles of Zoology]. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
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 2024-12-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2015-03-10 01:19:51Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2015-03-10 20:47:44Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2021-09-16 14:31:26Z
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Gil, João

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original description Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [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. [ Natural History of Animals without Vertebrae, presenting the general and particular characters of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an Introduction offering the determination of the essential characters of the Animal, its distinction from the vegetable and other natural bodies, finally, the Exposition of the fundamental Principles of Zoology]. <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  PDF available [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] OpenAccess publication

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]
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