Glycera alba (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Siddique, Alfisa, Purushothaman, Jasmine, Bhowal, Aishee & Mandal, Sumit, 2021, Distribution and diversity of Polychaeta (Phylum: Annelida) in the Northern coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 453-463 : 455

6. Glycera alba (O. F. Müller, 1776)

1776. Nereis alba Müller, Hafniae, Typiis Hallageriis , 217.

1987. Glycera alba O’Connor, J. Nat. Hist. , 21: 174–175.

Diagnosis: Body narrow about 5-6 cm in length for 150 segments. White in colour. Prostomium contains eight rings. Palps and antennae manifest a cruciform shape at the extremity of the prostomium. Parapodia with a pair of pointed lobes anteriorly and two lobes posteriorly; of which dorsal one is pointed and ventral one is round. Branchiae occur on the dorsal side of the parapodia starting from about setiger 20 ( Rao, 2001).

Distribution: India - Konkan coast ( Vizakat, 1991), Kayankulam backwaters and Arattupuzha coast along the Southwest coast of India ( Devi et al., 1996), East coast of India along Vasishta Godavari Estuary ( Rao et al., 2009), Mormugao (Goa), Mangalore, Kochi, Trivandrum, Nellore ( Musale & Desai, 2011), Thondi, Palk Bay ( Anbuchezhian et al., 2012). World - Atlantic Ocean ( Misra et al., 1987), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf ( Wehe & Fiege, 2002), Northern Cyprus along Eastern Mediterranean Sea ( Çinar, 2005), Cap Bon Peninsula, North-Eastern coast of Tunisia, Western Mediterranean Sea ( Zaâbi et al., 2012), Sinop Peninsula along Southern Black Sea ( Şahin et al., 2017).