BIOTIC Species Information for Magelona mirabilis
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| Researched by | Will Rayment | Data supplied by | MarLIN |
| Refereed by | Mike Kendall | ||
| Taxonomy | |||
| Scientific name | Magelona mirabilis | Common name | A bristleworm |
| MCS Code | P807 | Recent Synonyms | Magelona papillicornis. See additional information. |
| Phylum | Annelida | Subphylum | |
| Superclass | Class | Polychaeta | |
| Subclass | Order | Spionida | |
| Suborder | Magelonoidea | Family | Magelonidae |
| Genus | Magelona | Species | mirabilis |
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| Additional Information | Magelona papillicornis is not a true synonym. Magelona papillicornis has not changed its name and still exists off the coasts of Brazil.
However, Magelona mirabilis includes the north east Atlantic animals that were once called Magelona papillicornis (M. Kendall, pers. comm.).
See Jones (1977) for further taxonomic information. For detailed notes on the identification of European Magelona sp., see Fiege et al. (2000). |
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| Taxonomy References | Hayward et al., 1996, Hayward & Ryland, 1995b, Howson & Picton, 1997, Fish & Fish, 1996, Fiege et al., 2000, Jones, 1977, | ||
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