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WoRMS name details
original description
(of Laenilla glabra Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323 page(s): 73, plate IX fig. 5 [details]
basis of record
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
Unreviewed
Biology Polynoids, Harmothoe species included, are considered carnivores, feeding on a variety of small infaunal and epifauna invertebrates. The species has been found in the gut of fish, 3 notably cod and haddock. like other Polynoid species, H. glabra has been found associated with other infaunal organisms, viz. the lugworm Arenicola marina and various terebellid and chactopterid polychaetes (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979). [details]
Habitat H. glabra lives in fine-medium sand. The species has also been found under stones (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
Morphology The species bears some resemblance to Gattyana cirrosa, i.e. a flattened body, oval in outline and dorsally covered by soft and smooth scales (elytra). lt has 38-39 segments and reaches 30-50 mm in length. The head bears a median and lateral antenna and four big eyes. The parapodia have a tuft of hair- like chaetae that are characteristically thin and long, giving it the appearance of a pencil. The back is pale, sometimes with transverse brown bands. The elytra are pale yellow or colourless (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
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