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Harmothoe (Harmothoe) glabra (Malmgren, 1866)

152290  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152290)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Polynoidae (Family)
  9. Polynoinae (Subfamily)
  10. Harmothoe (Genus)
  11. Harmothoe (Harmothoe) (Subgenus)
  12. Harmothoe (Harmothoe) glabra (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
marine
(of Laenilla glabra Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 73, plate IX fig. 5 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe (Harmothoe) glabra (Malmgren, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152290 on 2024-11-29
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2005-04-11 07:40:04Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-05-15 21:14:46Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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original description (of Laenilla glabra Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 73, plate IX fig. 5 [details] 

basis of record Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Biology Polynoids, Harmothoe species included, are considered carnivores, feeding on a variety of small infaunal and epifauna invertebrates. The species has been found in the gut of fish, 3 notably cod and haddock. like other Polynoid species, H. glabra has been found associated with other infaunal organisms, viz. the lugworm Arenicola marina and various terebellid and chactopterid polychaetes (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979). [details]

Habitat H. glabra lives in fine-medium sand. The species has also been found under stones (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]

Morphology The species bears some resemblance to Gattyana cirrosa, i.e. a flattened body, oval in outline and dorsally covered by soft and smooth scales (elytra). lt has 38-39 segments and reaches 30-50 mm in length. The head bears a median and lateral antenna and four big eyes. The parapodia have a tuft of hair- like chaetae that are characteristically thin and long, giving it the appearance of a pencil. The back is pale, sometimes with transverse brown bands. The elytra are pale yellow or colourless (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
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