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Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843 
AphiaID: 130118

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Glyceriformia > Glyceridae > Glycera
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Glycera Savigny, 1818
Source  additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Medium-sized (up to 150 mm long) bristle worm whose body narrows towards both ends. The eversible proboscis has papillae and four jaws. The antennae are very small. Segments are subdivided into rings. Small parapodia without gills. Colour: greyish white. [details]

Distribution: In both periods G. capitata was mainly distributed in the open sea zone. The species was nevertheless also observed in the coastal zone (1994-2001: especially the western coastal zone). Its density always remained rather low with a maximum of 170 ind./m2 (1994-2001 period). [details]

HabitatGlycera capitata is observed in sediments of nearly all median grain sizes, but displays a preference for coarser sediments: a relative occurrence of approximately 40% is reached in sediments with a median grain size > 400 µm. The habitat preference of the species is furthermore characterised by its absence in sediments with a mud content > 20%. [details]
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Glycera capitata Oersted, 1843
Glycera capitata Oersted, 1843
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Glycera capitata
Glycera capitata
added on 2012-10-09 - author: Adrian Glover, NHM
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130118
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-25 08:16:00Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Glycera capitata Örsted, 1843. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130118 on 2013-05-19