North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

ERMS name details

Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866

AphiaID

130122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130122)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Glycera fallax Quatrefages, 1850

Rank

Species

Parent

Glycera Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130122 on 2025-04-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Glycera gigantea Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130122 on 2025-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2013-07-10 23:32:09Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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original description Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in RoR) [details]

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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1913). Quatrième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou déposées dans le Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 270: 1-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46001399 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 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. 648 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]

source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]