Polychaeta 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): 20-24 of 43, figures 9-10; note: off the coast of northern Angola, western Africa [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMBN ZMBN107338, geounit Angola [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: the name Magelona picta "is derived from the Latin word pictus, painted, referring to the pigmented body, in particular, the abdominal lateral lamellae." [details]
Type locality off the coast of northern Angola, western Africa, -6.8526 S, 12.2831 E, 50 m depth. [details]
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