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Family: Glyceridae (See list of species below)

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45 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Glycera abranchiata []	No picture found Glycera africana []	No picture found Glycera alba []
No picture found Glycera americana [American bloodworm]	No picture found Glycera branchiopoda []	No picture found Glycera brevicirris []
No picture found Glycera capitata []	No picture found Glycera celtica []	No picture found Glycera chirori []
No picture found Glycera cinnamomea []	No picture found Glycera decipiens [Cheating glycerid worm]	No picture found Glycera dibranchiata [Bloodworm]
No picture found Glycera gigantea []	No picture found Glycera guatemalensis []	No picture found Glycera kerguelensis []
No picture found Glycera lancadivae []	No picture found Glycera lapidum []	No picture found Glycera longipinnis []
No picture found Glycera macintoshi []	No picture found Glycera madagascariensis []	No picture found Glycera mimica []
No picture found Glycera nicobarica []	No picture found Glycera onomichiensis []	No picture found Glycera oxycephala []
No picture found Glycera papillosa []	No picture found Glycera parashadi []	No picture found Glycera posterobranchia []
No picture found Glycera profundi []	No picture found Glycera prosobranchia []	No picture found Glycera robusta []
No picture found Glycera rouxi []	No picture found Glycera siphonostoma []	No picture found Glycera sphyrabrancha []
No picture found Glycera subaenea []	No picture found Glycera tenuis []	No picture found Glycera tesselata []
No picture found Glycera tridactyla [Glycerine worm]	No picture found Glycera unicornis []	No picture found Hemipodia pustatula []
No picture found Hemipodia simplex []	No picture found Hemipodus armatus []	No picture found Hemipodus borealis []
No picture found Hemipodus californiensis []	No picture found Hemipodus ciliatus []	No picture found Hemipodus olivieri []

45 Species of Family Glyceridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Glycera abranchiata		Western Central Atlantic
Glycera africana		Eastern Atlantic and West
Glycera alba		Northeast Atlantic, the M	7.5 TL
Glycera americana	American bloodworm	Indo-Pacific and Western
Glycera branchiopoda		Eastern Pacific
Glycera brevicirris		Indo-Pacific and Western
Glycera capitata		Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Nor	15 TL
Glycera celtica		Northeast Atlantic and Me
Glycera chirori		Northwest Pacific
Glycera cinnamomea		Indo-West Pacific.
Glycera decipiens	Cheating glycerid worm	Northwest Pacific
Glycera dibranchiata	Bloodworm	Western Central Atlantic
Glycera gigantea		Pacific Ocean, Northeast
Glycera guatemalensis		Eastern Pacific
Glycera kerguelensis		Antarctic
Glycera lancadivae		Indo-West Pacific.
Glycera lapidum		Southwest Pacific, Northe
Glycera longipinnis		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Glycera macintoshi		Western Pacific
Glycera madagascariensis		Indo-West Pacific
Glycera mimica		Western Central Atlantic
Glycera nicobarica		Western Central Pacific
Glycera onomichiensis		Western Pacific
Glycera oxycephala		Western Indian Ocean, Wes
Glycera papillosa		Western Central Atlantic
Glycera parashadi		Indo-West Pacific.
Glycera posterobranchia		Western Central Pacific
Glycera profundi		Eastern Pacific
Glycera prosobranchia		Eastern Pacific
Glycera robusta		Western Central Atlantic
Glycera rouxi		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A
Glycera siphonostoma		Pacific Ocean
Glycera sphyrabrancha		Indo-Pacific and Western
Glycera subaenea		Northwest Pacific
Glycera tenuis		Pacific Ocean.
Glycera tesselata		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Glycera tridactyla	Glycerine worm	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Glycera unicornis		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Hemipodia pustatula		Southeast Pacific
Hemipodia simplex		Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Hemipodus armatus		Western Central Atlantic
Hemipodus borealis		Western Central Atlantic
Hemipodus californiensis		Eastern Pacific
Hemipodus ciliatus		Eastern Pacific
Hemipodus olivieri		Western Central Atlantic

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