Description of seven new species of the genus Glycera Savigny, 1818 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Glyceridae)

Abstract

As part of a world-wide revision of the family Glyceridae Grube, 1850, seven new species of the genus Glycera Savigny, 1818 are described, i. e., Glycera bassensis n. sp. from Australia, G. benhami n. sp. from New Zealand and the Tasman Sea, G. gilbertae n. sp. from the Gulf of Mexico, G. guatemalensis n.sp. from the Pacific coast of Central America, G. madagascariensis n. sp. from Madagascar, G. prosobranchia n. sp. from both sides of the Isthmus of Panama and the Pacific coast of Central America, and G. pseudorobusta n. sp. from the east coast of North America. A list of the valid species together with their synonyms and an identification key for all species of Glycera are presented.