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Magelona F. Müller, 1858

Illustration from the folktale
Illustration from the folktale "schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter" suggested to be the source of the name Magelona

129341  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129341)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Polychaeta incertae sedis (Subclass)
  6. Magelonidae (Family)
  7. Magelona (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Meredithia Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Octomagelona Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhynophylla Carrington, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Magelona agoensis Kitamori, 1967
  2. Species Magelona alba Taylor, Mortimer & Jimi, 2022
  3. Species Magelona alexandrae Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018
  4. Species Magelona alleni Wilson, 1958
  5. Species Magelona americana Hartman, 1965
  6. Species Magelona annulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  7. Species Magelona anuheone Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018
  8. Species Magelona armatis Taylor, Mortimer & Jimi, 2022
  9. Species Magelona berkeleyi Jones, 1971
  10. Species Magelona bizkaiensis (Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001)
  11. Species Magelona boninensis Taylor, Mortimer & Jimi, 2022
  12. Species Magelona borowskii (Fiege, Knebelsberger & Meißner In Meißner et al, 2023)
  13. Species Magelona californica Hartman, 1944
  14. Species Magelona capax Hartman, 1965
  15. Species Magelona capensis Day, 1961
  16. Species Magelona cepiceps Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
  17. Species Magelona cerae Hartman & Reish, 1950
  18. Species Magelona cincta Ehlers, 1908
  19. Species Magelona cinthyae Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018
  20. Species Magelona cornuta Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
  21. Species Magelona crenulifrons Gallardo, 1968
  22. Species Magelona dakini Jones, 1978
  23. Species Magelona ekapa Mortimer & Clarke, 2024
  24. Species Magelona equilamellae Harmelin, 1964
  25. Species Magelona falcifera Mortimer & Mackie, 2003
  26. Species Magelona fasciata Mortimer, Kongsrud & Willassen, 2021
  27. Species Magelona fauchaldi Shakouri, Mortimer & Dehani, 2017
  28. Species Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959
  29. Species Magelona gemmata Mortimer & Mackie, 2003
  30. Species Magelona guineensis Mortimer, Kongsrud & Willassen, 2021
  31. Species Magelona hartmanae Jones, 1978
  32. Species Magelona hobsonae Jones, 1978
  33. Species Magelona japonica Okuda, 1937
  34. Species Magelona jonesi Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
  35. Species Magelona kamala Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991
  36. Species Magelona koreana Okuda, 1937
  37. Species Magelona lenticulata Gallardo, 1968
  38. Species Magelona longicornis Johnson, 1901
  39. Species Magelona lusitanica Mortimer, Gil & Fiege, 2011
  40. Species Magelona mackiei Mortimer, Kongsrud & Willassen, 2021
  41. Species Magelona magnahamata Aguado & San Martín, 2004
  42. Species Magelona mahensis Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
  43. Species Magelona marianae Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
  44. Species Magelona methae Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991
  45. Species Magelona mickminni Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991
  46. Species Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962
  47. Species Magelona montera Mortimer, Cassà, Martin & Gil, 2012
  48. Species Magelona nanseni Mortimer, Kongsrud & Willassen, 2021
  49. Species Magelona nonatoi Bolívar & Lana, 1986
  50. Species Magelona noppi Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991
  51. Species Magelona pacifica Monro, 1933
  52. Species Magelona papillicornis F. Müller, 1858
  53. Species Magelona paulolanai Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018
  54. Species Magelona petersenae Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991
  55. Species Magelona pettiboneae Jones, 1963
  56. Species Magelona phyllisae Jones, 1963
  57. Species Magelona picta Mortimer, Kongsrud & Willassen, 2021
  58. Species Magelona pitelkai Hartman, 1944
  59. Species Magelona polydentata Jones, 1963
  60. Species Magelona posterelongata Bolívar & Lana, 1986
  61. Species Magelona pulchella Mohammad, 1970
  62. Species Magelona pygmaea Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991
  63. Species Magelona rosea Moore, 1907
  64. Species Magelona sinbadi Mortimer, Cassà, Martin & Gil, 2012
  65. Species Magelona spinifera (Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000)
  66. Species Magelona symmetrica Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
  67. Species Magelona tehuanensis Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
  68. Species Magelona uebelackerae (Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000)
  69. Species Magelona variolamellata Bolívar & Lana, 1986
  70. Species Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1967
  71. Species Magelona alata Reish, 1965 accepted as Magelona longicornis Johnson, 1901 (subjective synonym)
  72. Species Magelona brachypalpata Mortimer, Blake & Harrendence, 2021 accepted as Maea brachypalpata (Mortimer, Blake & Harrendence, 2021) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  73. Species Magelona conversa Mortimer & Mackie, 2003 accepted as Maea conversa (Mortimer & Mackie, 2003) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  74. Species Magelona crenulata Bolívar & Lana, 1986 accepted as Maea crenulata (Bolívar & Lana, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  75. Species Magelona debeerei Clarke, Paterson, Florence & Gibbons, 2010 accepted as Maea debeerei (Clarke, Paterson, Florence, & Gibbons, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  76. Species Magelona heteropoda Mohammad, 1973 accepted as Magelona obockensis Gravier, 1905 accepted as Maea obockensis (Gravier, 1905) (subjective synonym)
  77. Species Magelona johnstoni Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000 accepted as Maea johnstoni (Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  78. Species Magelona mirabilis (Johnston, 1865) accepted as Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
  79. Species Magelona obockensis Gravier, 1905 accepted as Maea obockensis (Gravier, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  80. Species Magelona papillicornis McIntosh, 1878 non F. Müller, 1858 accepted as Magelona papillicornis F. Müller, 1858
  81. Species Magelona papilliformis [auctt. misspelling for papillicornis] accepted as Magelona papillicornis F. Müller, 1858 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling)
  82. Species Magelona parochilis Zhou & Mortimer, 2013 accepted as Maea parochilis (Zhou & Mortimer, 2013) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  83. Species Magelona pectinata Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991 accepted as Maea pectinata (Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  84. Species Magelona riojai Jones, 1963 accepted as Maea riojai (Jones, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  85. Species Magelona sacculata Hartman, 1961 accepted as Maea sacculata (Hartman, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  86. Species Magelona sachalinensis Buzhinskaja, 1985 accepted as Maea sachalinensis (Buzhinskaja, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  87. Species Magelona tinae Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991 accepted as Maea tinae (Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Müller, F. (1858). Einiges über die Annelidenfauna der Insel Santa Catharina an der brasilianischen Küste. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 24(1): 211-220, plates VI-VII. (Aus einer brieflichen Mittheilung an Prof. Grube)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7460059
page(s): 215 [details] OpenAccess publication
Etymology Not known. However, Magelona (feminine) is a 1535 German spelling of the name of a princess (beautiful Magelone, daughter...  
Etymology Not known. However, Magelona (feminine) is a 1535 German spelling of the name of a princess (beautiful Magelone, daughter of the King of Naples) who appears in the prose and verse tale "Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence" (Love-Story of the Beautiful Magelone and Count Peter of Provence). it relates a German version of an anonymous tale originally in the Occitan language (of S. France, Italy, Spain) dating back to at least the 13th century. Thus it is likely that Magelona was a name in some use as a German girl's name in the 1850s when Müller adopted it as a genus, or was otherwise known to Müller through encountering the folk-tale. The tale (in German) is available at Gutenberg org  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona F. Müller, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129341 on 2026-03-25
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2007-01-29 13:03:46Z
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Fiege, Dieter
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2020-04-23 02:54:38Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2024-04-29 23:30:06Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Müller, F. (1858). Einiges über die Annelidenfauna der Insel Santa Catharina an der brasilianischen Küste. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 24(1): 211-220, plates VI-VII. (Aus einer brieflichen Mittheilung an Prof. Grube)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7460059
page(s): 215 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Octomagelona Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001) Aguirrezabalaga, Florencio; Ceberio, Argiloa; Fiege, Dieter. (2001). <i>Octomagelona bizkaiensis</i> (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) a new genus and species from the Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay, north-east Atlantic). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 81(2): 221-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401003678
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Meredithia Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000) Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. (2000). Magelonidae from the Mexican Pacific and northern Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new genus (<i>Meredithia</i>) and four new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 67(1): 625-644., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2000/00000067/00000001/art00050
page(s): 637; note: for new species Meridithia spinifera [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Rhynophylla Carrington, 1865) Carrington, Benjamin. (1865). On the chaetopod annelides of the Southport sands. <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.</em> 4: 176-188., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48862346
page(s): 185; note: Mentioned only and not used as a valid name [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

status source Fitzhugh, Kirk; Mortimer, Kate; Brasil, Ana C. dos Santos. (2024). The monophyly of <em>Magelona</em> F. Müller, 1858 (Polychaeta, Magelonidae): Comments on Meißner <em>et al</em>.'s (2023) reinstatement of <em>Octomagelona</em> Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5497(4): 496-504., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5497.4.2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Jordana, Esther; Pinedo, Susana; Gil, João. (2020). A further review of European Magelonidae (Annelida), including descriptions of <em>Magelona equilamellae</em> and <em>Magelona filiformis</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4767(1): 89-114., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4767.1.4
note: key to European species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Mortimer, Kate; Blake, James A.; Harrendence, Kelsey. (2021). A review of the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Northeast America, including a description of a new species and re-descriptions of Magelona riojai and Magelona sacculata. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 209-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.209
note: Includes a dichotomous identification key to the known magelonid species of the northeastern American coast and a worldwide pictorial identification key to the ‘M. mirabilis’ group of magelonids [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Taylor, Abbie; Mortimer, Kate; Jimi, Naoto. (2022). Unearthing the diversity of Japanese Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae); three species new to science, and a redescription of Magelona japonica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5196(4): 451-491., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5196.4.1
note: key for Japan [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. <em>African Zoology.</em> efirst: 1-28., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085
page(s): 24, figure 15, table 1; note: key to southern African species of Magelona with photos and table of characters. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source 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] 

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

 
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Etymology Not known. However, Magelona (feminine) is a 1535 German spelling of the name of a princess (beautiful Magelone, daughter of the King of Naples) who appears in the prose and verse tale "Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence" (Love-Story of the Beautiful Magelone and Count Peter of Provence). it relates a German version of an anonymous tale originally in the Occitan language (of S. France, Italy, Spain) dating back to at least the 13th century. Thus it is likely that Magelona was a name in some use as a German girl's name in the 1850s when Müller adopted it as a genus, or was otherwise known to Müller through encountering the folk-tale. The tale (in German) is available at Gutenberg org  [details]

Grammatical gender Feminine. All the adjectival Magelona species-group names have feminine endings. Magelona is an obscure woman's name known in Germany from the late mediaeval period (see etymology). [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Magelona) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meredithia) (from synonym Meredithia Hernández-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octomagelona) (from synonym Octomagelona Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001)
To Genbank (from synonym Octomagelona Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001)
To Genbank 
To The Arctic Traits Database (20 traits) 
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