WoRMS taxon details
original description
Mortimer, Kate; Kongsrud, John Anders; Willassen, Endre. (2021). Integrative taxonomy of West African Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae): species with thoracic pigmentation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> efirst: 1-43, published online 22 October 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab070 page(s): 24-27 of 43, figures 11-12; note: off Nigeria, western Africa [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMBN ZMBN132141, geounit Nigeria [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: Magelona nanseni is "named in honour of the zoologist and oceanographer Dr Fridtjof Nansen, whose name is also linked with the research vessel from which all samples from West Africa included in this paper were collected." [details]
Type locality off Nigeria, western central Africa, 4.1482 N, 5.7688 E, 25 m [details]
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