WoRMS taxon details

Magelona alexandrae Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018

1290126  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1290126)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie; Watling, Les. (2018). Four new species of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Easter Island, Guam and Hawaii. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4457(3): 379-396., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4457.3.2
page(s): 381-383, figs. 1A-N, 2A-B [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 1494155, geounit Oahu Island  
Holotype USNM 1494155, geounit Oahu Island [details]
Note near shore, Mamala Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, 21.2896,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality near shore, Mamala Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, 21.2896, -158.0102 (21°17'22.4" N, 158°00'36.7" W), 39.6 m [details]
Etymology named after Dr. Alexandra Rizzo, a polychaete researcher  
Etymology named after Dr. Alexandra Rizzo, a polychaete researcher [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona alexandrae Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290126 on 2024-03-28
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2018-08-13 21:23:11Z
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original description Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie; Watling, Les. (2018). Four new species of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Easter Island, Guam and Hawaii. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4457(3): 379-396., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4457.3.2
page(s): 381-383, figs. 1A-N, 2A-B [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype USNM 1494155, geounit Oahu Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Prostomium longer than wide, with distinct prostomial horns. Notopodia of chaetigers 1–8 with elongate foliaceous postchaetal lamellae with distinctly crenulate upper edges (elkhorn-shaped). Superior processes elongate and present from chaetigers 1–8. Chaetiger 9 with only bilimbate simple capillaries. Abdominal hooded hooks tridentate. Posterior abdominal lateral pouches (C configuration) present from chaetiger 40, paired.  [details]

Etymology named after Dr. Alexandra Rizzo, a polychaete researcher [details]

Type locality near shore, Mamala Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, 21.2896, -158.0102 (21°17'22.4" N, 158°00'36.7" W), 39.6 m [details]