Grube, 1863

Description:
Prostomium quite long and slenger, composed of ca. eight (12-15) rings, with palps and antennae forming a cross at the tip.
Mid-body segments biannulate. Two prechaetal lamellae long and pointed, the notopodial shorter than the the neuropodial. Postchaetal lamellae paired and rounded. Dorsal cirri on body wall, ovoid; ventral cirri triangular.
Notopodial capillary chaetae in a single bundle. Neuropodial chaetae are compound, in two bundles.
Gills absent.
Short pharynx with papillae of two kinds: tall, slim and broad, conical ones.
Aileron with inner branch widely separated from outer branch.

Size:
Up to 65 mm long for 100 segments.

Colour:
Living animal pink with white spots. In alcohol light brown with a tesselate pattern.

Habitat:
In sand, gravel and mud.

Distribution:
Atlantic.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Phyllodocida
Superfamily Glyceroidae
Family Glyceridae
Genus Glycera
Species Glycera tesselata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Glycera tesselata Grube, 1840

Scientific synonyms and common names

Glycera tesselata Grube, 1863

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Kirkegaard, J.B., 1992. Havbørsteorme I. Danmarks Fauna, 83: 1-416.

O'Connor, B.D.S., 1987. The Glyceridae (Polychaeta) of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, with descriptions of two new species. Jour. of Nat. Hist., 21: 167-189.

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