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

Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Magelona*	F. Müller, 1858	accepted genus name
*Maea*	Johnston, 1865	generic synonym
*Octomagelona*	Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001	synonym

Species group names

*Magelona filiformis minuta*	Wilson, 1959	junior homonym

Literature

original description	Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 38(3): 547-556.
additional source	Wilson, D.P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n. sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 38: 547-556
additional source	Fiege, Dieter; Licher, Frank; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): Magelona mirabilis redefined and M. johnstoni sp. nov. distinguished. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80(2): 215-234.
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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
taxonomy source	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.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959. 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:130268