MSBIAS taxon details
Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865)
130271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130271)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 278-279 [plate XXII not published] [details]
page(s): 278-279 [plate XXII not published] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865). 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=130271 on 2026-02-17
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 mirabilis (Johnston, 1865). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130271 on 2026-02-17
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original description
(of ) Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 278-279 [plate XXII not published] [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
basis of record 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) [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]
additional source Jones, Meredith Leam. (1977). A redescription of <i>Magelona papillicornis</i> F. Müller. pp: 247-266. In: Donald J. Reish and Kristian Fauchald (Eds.). <em>Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman.</em> Los Angeles: The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors
redescription 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
page(s): 278-279 [plate XXII not published] [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
basis of record 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) [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]
additional source Jones, Meredith Leam. (1977). A redescription of <i>Magelona papillicornis</i> F. Müller. pp: 247-266. In: Donald J. Reish and Kristian Fauchald (Eds.). <em>Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman.</em> Los Angeles: The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors
redescription 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bristleworm | [details] |
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona mirabilis)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473929)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona mirabilis)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473929)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
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