Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 
AphiaID: 914

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Canalipalpata > Spionida > Spioniformia

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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus 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]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		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: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=914 on 2013-05-20
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