Savigny, 1818

Description:
Prostomium composed of ca. eight rings, with palps and antennae forming a cross at the tip.
Mid-body segments biannulate. Parapodia with pointed prechaetal lamellae, equal in length. Postchaetal lamellae chordate. Dorsal cirri ovoid; ventral cirri long and pointed.
Paired retractile gills occur on the anterior face of the parapodium, starting at about chaetiger 20.
Pharynx with papillae of two kinds: rounded and conical ones.
Aileron with an interramal plate. The outer edge of the inner branch tapers smoothly to the base (G. unicornis-detail).

Size:
Up to 350 mm long for 400 segments.

Colour:
Living animal pink.

Habitat:
In depths of 10 to 200 m in sandy mud.

Distribution:
Southern North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic, Mediterranean.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Glycera unicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

Scientific synonyms and common names

Glycera unicornis Savigny, 1818

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

Hempelmann, F., 1934. Archiannelida und Polychaeta. In: Handbuch der Zoologie, Zweiter Band. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin und Leipzig.

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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