Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Glyceriformia > Family Glyceridae > Genus Glycera

Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glycera*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Rhynchobolus*	Claparède, 1868	generic synonym
*Glycera alba*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	taxonomically included in
*Glycera capitata*	Örsted, 1842	taxonomically included in
*Glycera celtica*	O'Connor, 1987	taxonomically included in
*Glycera fallax*	Quatrefages, 1850	taxonomically included in
*Glycera lapidum*	Quatrefages, 1866	taxonomically included in
*Glycera oxycephala*	Ehlers, 1887	taxonomically included in
*Glycera siphonostoma*	(Delle Chiaje, 1827)	taxonomically included in
*Glycera tesselata*	Grube, 1863	taxonomically included in
*Glycera tridactyla*	Schmarda, 1861	taxonomically included in
*Glycera unicornis*	Lamarck, 1818	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Glycera convoluta*	Keferstein, 1862	subjective synonym
*Glycera convoluta uncinata*	Rioja, 1918	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte.
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.
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.
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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
source of synonymy	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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130130