MSBIAS taxon details
Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865
329118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329118)
accepted
Species
Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. Maea 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=329118 on 2026-08-23
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. Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329118 on 2026-08-23
Date
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original description
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]
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): 221; note: redescription and neotype [details] Available for editors
additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1874). On the invertebrate marine fauna and fishes of St. Andrews [part of several parts, 2nd part of Class Annelida. Includes all of Polychaeta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 14: 192-207 (4th series) issue 80 part 28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19210023
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Robertson, Craig M. (2026). Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida, Polychaeta)—Worldwide Identification Keys and the Re-Establishment of Maea Johnston, 1865. <em>Taxonomy (MDPI).</em> 6(1: 17): 1-60., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6500/6/1/17
page(s): table 4 [details] Available for editors
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 392 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 278-279 [plate XXII not published] [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): 221; note: redescription and neotype [details] Available for editors
additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1874). On the invertebrate marine fauna and fishes of St. Andrews [part of several parts, 2nd part of Class Annelida. Includes all of Polychaeta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 14: 192-207 (4th series) issue 80 part 28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19210023
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Robertson, Craig M. (2026). Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida, Polychaeta)—Worldwide Identification Keys and the Re-Establishment of Maea Johnston, 1865. <em>Taxonomy (MDPI).</em> 6(1: 17): 1-60., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6500/6/1/17
page(s): table 4 [details] Available for editors
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 392 [details] Available for editors
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bristleworm [from synonym] | [details] |
BIOTIC (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona mirabilis) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To NHMUK collection (Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473929) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To PESI (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona mirabilis) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To NHMUK collection (Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473929) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To PESI (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records) (from synonym Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym