Zhou, Jin; Mortimer, Kate. 2013. A new species of Magelona (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) from Chinese coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(06): 1503-1510

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Zhou, J. ;.; Mortimer, K.

2013

93(06): 1503-1510

Publication

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

A description of a new species of Magelona, M. parochilis sp. nov. is presented, based on material collected from the Yellow Sea, China. The new species belongs to the ‘Magelona mirabilis group’ of magelonids, possessing a rounded prostomium, lacking prostomial horns and specialized chaetae on chaetiger 9. Paired anteriorly open pouches are present between chaetigers 11–12 and 14–15 (occasionally between chaetigers 17–18). Magelona parochilis sp. nov. inhabits intertidal zones and shallow subtidal waters characterized by sandy mud.

Yellow Sea

Polychaeta

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