Key:  Family Glyceridae

Taken primarily from  Kozloff, 1987, 1996 p. 126 (Copyright 1987, 1996, University of Washington Press.  Used in this web page by permission of University of Washington Press)

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1a	Parapodia (except for the first 2 pairs) biramous	2
1b	All parapodia uniramous	Hemopodus borealis
2a	Parapodia with 1 postsetal lobe and either 1 or 2 presetal lobes; gills absent	3
2b	Parapodia with 2 postsetal lobes and 2 presetal lobes; gills present or absent	4
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4a	Gills present	5
4b	Gills absent	8
5a	Gills retractile; situated on the anterior or posterior surfaces of the parapodia	6
5b	Gills not retractile; situated on the dorsal surfaces of the parapodia	7
6a	Gills branched (observe carefully, because when the gills are partly retracted, only 1 branch may be evident), located on the posterior surfaces of the parapodia	Glycera americana
6b	Gills globular, located on the anterior surfaces of the parapodia	Glycera gigantea
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  Glycera americana
 

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