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Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 
AphiaID: 914

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Spioniformia
Sources  basis of record: 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, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

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taxa
[show all]		 Genus Magelona F. Müller, 1858
Genus Octomagelona Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001

Genus Maea Johnston, 1865 accepted as Magelona F. Müller, 1858
Genus Meredithia Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000 accepted as Magelona F. Müller, 1858
Genus Rhynophylla Carrington, 1865 accepted as Magelona F. Müller, 1858
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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Magelonidae
Magelonidae
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:914
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2007-01-29 13:03:46Z  changed  Fiege, Dieter
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Magelonidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=914 on 2013-05-20
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