Glycera alba   (Müller, 1776)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polychaeta | Phyllodocida | Glyceridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 587 m (Ref. 107222).  Subtropical; 73°N - 27°S, 23°W - 147°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7882)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Species' maximum length from the Belgian part of the North Sea (Ref. 7882). Inhabits sandy bottoms (Ref. 2780). Found mainly along the near-coastal zone, sporadically in the open sea, in fine to coarse sediment (Ref. 7882). Immature individuals are predators waiting for their prey while resting in their burrows or constructed tubes (Ref. 107221).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore. 2001. (Ref. 2780)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.6 - 15.1, mean 9.4 (based on 542 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.