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

Magelona papillicornis F. Müller, 1858

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

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	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	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	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.
redescription	Jones, Meredith Leam. (1977). A redescription of Magelona papillicornis F. Müller. pp: 247-266. In: Donald J. Reish and Kristian Fauchald (Eds.). Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. Los Angeles: The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona papillicornis 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:130272