Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Magelonidae

Magelona F. Müller, 1858

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Maea*	Johnston, 1865	generic synonym
*Octomagelona*	Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001	synonym

Children

Magelona alleni Wilson, 1958
Magelona bizkaiensis (Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001)
Magelona cincta Ehlers, 1908
Magelona equilamellae Harmelin, 1964
Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959
Magelona johnstoni Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000
Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962
Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865)
Magelona papillicornis F. Müller, 1858
Magelona rosea Moore, 1907
Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1967

Literature

original description	Müller, F. (1858). Einiges über die Annelidenfauna der Insel Santa Catharina an der brasilianischen Küste. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 24(1): 211-220, plates VI-VII. (Aus einer brieflichen Mittheilung an Prof. Grube).
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
status source	Fitzhugh, Kirk; Mortimer, Kate; Brasil, Ana C. dos Santos. (2024). The monophyly of Magelona F. Müller, 1858 (Polychaeta, Magelonidae): Comments on Meißner et al.'s (2023) reinstatement of Octomagelona Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001. Zootaxa. 5497(4): 496-504.
identification resource	Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. African Zoology. efirst: 1-28.
identification resource	Taylor, Abbie; Mortimer, Kate; Jimi, Naoto. (2022). Unearthing the diversity of Japanese Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae); three species new to science, and a redescription of Magelona japonica. Zootaxa. 5196(4): 451-491.
identification resource	Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Jordana, Esther; Pinedo, Susana; Gil, João. (2020). A further review of European Magelonidae (Annelida), including descriptions of Magelona equilamellae and Magelona filiformis. Zootaxa. 4767(1): 89-114.
identification resource	Mortimer, Kate; Blake, James A.; Harrendence, Kelsey. (2021). A review of the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Northeast America, including a description of a new species and re-descriptions of Magelona riojai and Magelona sacculata. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 134(1): 209-242.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona F. Müller, 1858. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129341