Glycera alba

• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -30 meters (-97 feet).Standard Deviation = 298.330 based on 1,151 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Glycera

There are approximately 59 species in this genus:

G. abranchiata · G. africana · G. alba · G. americana · G. asymmetrica · G. benhami · G. branchiopoda · G. brevicirris · G. capitata · G. celtica · G. chirori · G. cinnamomea · G. cirrata · G. convoluta · G. dayi · G. dibranchiata · G. embranchiata · G. fallax · G. gigantea · G. goesi · G. hasidatensis · G. kerguelensis · G. knoxi · G. lamelliformis · G. lamellipodia · G. lancadivae · G. lapidum · G. longipinnis · G. macintoshi · G. macrobranchia · G. magellanica · G. manorae · G. mimica · G. nana · G. natalensis · G. nicobarica · G. nigripes · G. onomichiensis · G. ovigera · G. oxycephala · G. pallida · G. papillosa · G. posterobranchia · G. prashadi · G. profundi · G. robusta · G. rouxi · G. rouxii · G. russa · G. sagittariae · G. siphonostoma · G. spec · G. sphyrabrancha · G. subaenea · G. tenuis · G. tesselata · G. tessellata · G. tridactyla · G. unicornis

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Further Reading

• A manual of marine zoology for the British Isles. By Philip Henry Gosse... LondonJ. Van Voorst1855-56. ENG url p. 100, p. 191.
• A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa / By J.H. Day, &c. London: BM(NH), 1967. ENG url p. 360, p. 361.
• Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. ENG url p. 4, p. 400, p. 405, p. 62, p. 63, p. 68.
• Annals and magazine of natural history: including zoology, botany and geology London. url p. 147, p. 148, p. 371, p. 459.
• Annals of natural history. London, R. and J.E. Taylor, ENG url p. 371.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 126, p. 126, p. 260, p. 453, p. 475, p. 6.
• Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale. Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique [etc.] FRE url p. 362, p. 365.
• Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 129.
• Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. Hamburg, Friedericksen, 1914-1932. GER url p. 70.
• Botanisk tidsskrift / utgivet af den Botaniske forening i København. København: H. Hagerups Forlag, ENG url p. 122.
• Bulletin biologique de la France et de la Belgique. Montreuil [etc.]Gauther-Villars [etc.] FRE url p. 160.
• Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien: Aus der Kaiserlich-K©niglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1850-1918. GER url p. 312, p. 313, p. 322.
• Det Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter. Trondhjem: Aktietrykkeriet, -1969. DAN url p. 16.
• Die borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen untersuchungen dargestellt / von Ernst Ehlers. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1864-68. GER url p. 647, p. 665.
• Die insel Lussin und ihre Meeresfauna: Nach einem Sechswöchentlichen Aufenthalte / gescildert von Adolph Eduard Grube Nebst einertafel mit Abbildungen und einer Karte von Lussin. Breslau: F. Hirt, 1864. GER url p. 23.
• Ein Ausflug nach Triest und dem quarnero. Berlin, Nicolaische verlagsbuchhandlung, 1861. GER url p. 67, p. 89, p. 90.
• Handbuch der zoologie: Nach der zweiten holländischen ausgabe. Leipzig: L. Voss, 1850-56. GER url p. 227.
• Hardwicke's science-gossip: an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866- ENG url p. 198.
• Jenaische Zeitschrift f©r Naturwissenschaft. Jena, Gustav Fischer [etc.]. ENG url p. 782.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 277, p. 934.
• Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples / par Édouard Claparède. Genève [etc.]: Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, 1868-1870. FRE url p. 492.
• Monographie der Nematoden / von Anton Schneider. Berlin: G. Reimer, 1866. GER url p. 329.
• Naturhistorisk tidsskrift. Kjobenhavn. url p. 411.
• Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne / udgives af den Physiographiske forening i Christiania. Christiania [Oslo]: Johan Dahl, 1836-1934. NOR url p. 131, p. 208, p. 386.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 464, p. 837.
• Report upon the fauna of Liverpool Bay and the neighboring seas, written by members of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, and edited by W.A. Herdman. London, Longmans, Green, 1886-1900. ENG url p. 155, p. 190.
• Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco [Monaco]Impr. de Monaco, 1889-19 FRE url p. 205.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 405, p. 407, p. 409.
• The Irish naturalist. Dublin: Eason & Son, Ltd., 1892- ENG url p. 81.
• The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof: a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries: with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf / by G. L. Faber. London: B. Quaritch, 1883. ENG url p. 15.
• Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. Leiden, Brill. DUT url p. 44.
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. Glasgow, The Society. ENG url p. 235, p. 416.
• Zoologischer Anzeiger. Jena, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. GER url p. 325, p. 38.
• Zoologischer Jahresbericht. Berlin, R. Friedlander. GER url p. 10, p. 133, p. 62.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Biogeography Scheldt Estuary
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Macrobel: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• NLBIF, Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Noordzee
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Invertebrates

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 218734
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-66113
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13817300
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 66113
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 503596

Footnotes

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