WoRMS taxon details
Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959
130268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130268)
accepted
Species
Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959 accepted as Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006974
page(s): 549-550, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 549-550, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype , geounit England
Holotype, geounit England [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130268 on 2024-08-17
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original description
Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006974
page(s): 549-550, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959) Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006974
page(s): 551; note: Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. <em>African Zoology.</em> efirst: 1-28., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085
page(s): figure 8; note: SEM images, discussion of similarities [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
additional source Fiege, Dieter; Licher, Frank; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): <i>Magelona mirabilis</i> redefined and <i>M. johnstoni</i> sp. nov. distinguished. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 80(2): 215-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001800 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Wilson, D.P. (1959). The polychaete <i>Magelona filiformis</i> n. sp. and notes on other species of <i>Magelona</i>. <i>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 38</i>: 547-556 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
page(s): 549-550, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
original description (of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959) Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 38(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006974
page(s): 551; note: Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
taxonomy source Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. <em>African Zoology.</em> efirst: 1-28., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085
page(s): figure 8; note: SEM images, discussion of similarities [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
additional source Fiege, Dieter; Licher, Frank; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): <i>Magelona mirabilis</i> redefined and <i>M. johnstoni</i> sp. nov. distinguished. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 80(2): 215-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001800 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Wilson, D.P. (1959). The polychaete <i>Magelona filiformis</i> n. sp. and notes on other species of <i>Magelona</i>. <i>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 38</i>: 547-556 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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Holotype, geounit England [details]
From other sources
Additional information Polychaeta larva, whose adults are not listed before, found in plankton samples [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona filiformis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona filiformis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To ITIS