MSBIAS taxon details
Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962
130270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130270)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eliason, Anders. (1962). Undersökningar över Öresund. XXXXI. Weitere Untersuchungen über die Polychaetenfauna des Öresunds. <em>Acta Universitatis lundensis, nova series. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift.</em> N.F. Avd.2 58(9): 1-98. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58-60, fig. 7a-d [details]
page(s): 58-60, fig. 7a-d [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130270 on 2026-02-24
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130270 on 2026-02-24
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Eliason, Anders. (1962). Undersökningar över Öresund. XXXXI. Weitere Untersuchungen über die Polychaetenfauna des Öresunds. <em>Acta Universitatis lundensis, nova series. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift.</em> N.F. Avd.2 58(9): 1-98. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 58-60, fig. 7a-d [details]
taxonomy 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
page(s): 230, figure 6; note: Anterior body figure and taxonomy notes [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 listing [details]
redescription Mills, Kimberley; Mortimer, Kate. (2018). Redescription of Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida), with discussions on the validity of Magelona filiformis minuta. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4527(4): 541-559., available online at https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4527.4.5
page(s): 543-553, figs. 2-8; note: redescription of holotype [details] Available for editors
status source Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley. (2020). Case 3804 – Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 77(1): 115-122., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/view/66027 [details] Available for editors
status source ICZN. (2024). Opinion 2507 (Case 3804) – Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): usage conserved by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 81(1): 147-148., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/issue/view/11709
note: Validation of the junior homonym Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 [details]
page(s): 58-60, fig. 7a-d [details]
taxonomy 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
page(s): 230, figure 6; note: Anterior body figure and taxonomy notes [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 listing [details]
redescription Mills, Kimberley; Mortimer, Kate. (2018). Redescription of Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida), with discussions on the validity of Magelona filiformis minuta. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4527(4): 541-559., available online at https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4527.4.5
page(s): 543-553, figs. 2-8; note: redescription of holotype [details] Available for editors
status source Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley. (2020). Case 3804 – Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 77(1): 115-122., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/view/66027 [details] Available for editors
status source ICZN. (2024). Opinion 2507 (Case 3804) – Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): usage conserved by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 81(1): 147-148., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/issue/view/11709
note: Validation of the junior homonym Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
