WoRMS taxon details
Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1967
130274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130274)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Glémarec, M. (1966). Les Magelonidae des côtes de Bretagne: description de <i>Magelona wilsoni</i> n. sp. <em>Vie Milieu.</em> 17</i>: 1077-1085. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1079-1081, figs. 1A-B, 2A-E [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1079-1081, figs. 1A-B, 2A-E [details] Available for editors

Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1414, 1415, geounit Brittany
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1414, 1415, geounit Brittany [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130274 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Glémarec, M. (1966). Les Magelonidae des côtes de Bretagne: description de <i>Magelona wilsoni</i> n. sp. <em>Vie Milieu.</em> 17</i>: 1077-1085. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1079-1081, figs. 1A-B, 2A-E [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 1079-1081, figs. 1A-B, 2A-E [details] Available for editors

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Mortimer, Kate; Gil, João; Fiege, Dieter. (2011). Portuguese <i>Magelona</i> (Annelida: Magelonidae) with a description of a new species, a re-description of <i>Magelona wilsoni</i> Glémarec, 1966 and a key to adult Magelonidae from European waters. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(S1): 124-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.583449
page(s): 132-136, figs. 3A-I, 4A-N [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 132-136, figs. 3A-I, 4A-N [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Fiege, Dieter; Licher, Frank; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): <i>Magelona mirabilis</i> redefined and <i>M. johnstoni</i> sp. nov. distinguished. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 80(2): 215-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001800 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fiege, Dieter; Licher, Frank; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): <i>Magelona mirabilis</i> redefined and <i>M. johnstoni</i> sp. nov. distinguished. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 80(2): 215-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001800 [details] Available for editors






Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1414, 1415, geounit Brittany [details]
From editor or global species database
Publication date The publication date of issue 17(3A) of Vie et Milieu, containing the article with the original description of Magelona wilsoni, is printed in the back cover of the issue as “Date de parution : Avril 1967”. Accordingly, the publication date of Magelona wilsoni is here corrected from “1966”, the date previously considered to be the correct one, to “1967”. [details]