Polychaeta taxon details
Magelona johnstoni Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000 AphiaID: 130269
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Magelona F. Müller, 1858 |
| Sources | |
original description: Fiege, D.; Licher, Frank; and 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. [details]
basis of record: 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: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source: Fiege, D.; Licher, F.; Mackie, A.S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): Magelona mirabilis redefined and M. johnstoni sp. nov. distinguished. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80: 215-234 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 226 [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
French |
magélone |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | type locality: Saint Andrews (from specimen)
Baie de la Seine [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Bretagne [details]
England [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
German Bight [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Scotland [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
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| Specimen | |
Holotype , locality Saint Andrews (Fife, Scotland(marine)) [details]
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| Feedingtypes | |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
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| Notes | |
Description: A digging bristle worm with an oval, flattened head bearing two long palps covered with numerous
papillae. The long filiform body (up to 170 mm) can be separated into two different regions, each
characterised by short parapodia. The anterior region is coloured pale pink, the posterior region greenish grey with white patches. [details]
Distribution: The distribution of Magelona johnstoni was in both periods limited to the near-coastal zone, where the species was characterised by a rather uniform distribution and a high relative occurrence. Whereas M. johnstoni was found in maximum densities of about 200 ind./m2 in the 1976-1984 period, higher densities were found in the 1994-2001 period (up to approximately 9,000 ind./m2) [details]
Habitat: Although Magelona johnstoni is only absent in coarse-grained sediments the species displays a clear preference for finer sediments (150 to 300 μm), where the species reaches a relative occurrence of > 40%. A similar spectrum of occurrence is found with regard to the mud content; Magelona johnstoni reaches the highest relative occurrence in sediments with a mud content of 10-20%. [details]
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| Image | | 
Picture of Magelona johnstoni
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Moulaert, I.
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130269 |
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Fiege, D.; Bellan, G. (2013). Magelona johnstoni Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130269 on 2013-05-25 |
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