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Glycera capitata

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Glycera capitata is a species in the family Glyceridae, order Phyllodocida.

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Quick facts about Glycera capitata

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Glycera capitata live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Glycera capitata as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Glycera capitata endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Glycera capitata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderPhyllodocida
  5. familyGlyceridae
  6. genusGlycera
  7. SpeciesGlycera capitata Örsted, 1842

Synonyms Glycera capitata abyssicola, Glycera capitata antarctica, Glycera capitata setosa, Glycera mimica, Glycera muelleri, Glycera mulleri, Glycera setosa, Hemipodia canadensis, Nereis sorex, Nereis teres

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • glycèreFrench
  • キタチロリJapanese
  • Крупноголовая глицераRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Glycera capitata

Other species in the same genus Glycera.

Bloodworm

Glycera dibranchiata

GlyceridaeNo free photo yet

Thorny worm

Glycera americana

GlyceridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Glycera capitata an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Glycera capitata as introduced in 1 country: Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Glycera capitata?

Glycera capitata (Glycera capitata) belongs to the family Glyceridae in the order Phyllodocida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Glycera capitata (Glycera capitata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/glycera-capitata

MLA

“Glycera capitata (Glycera capitata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/glycera-capitata.

BibTeX
@misc{glycera_capitata_2026,
  title = {Glycera capitata (Glycera capitata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/glycera-capitata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}