WoRMS name details
original description
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 page(s): 278; note: proposed as family "? Maeadae" for Maea mirabilis Johnston, 1865 (now Magelona mirabilis) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Other than in listings there appear to be no real subsequent usages as a family name of 'Maeadae', which was Johnston's tentative name for the family for Maea mirabilis. McIntosh (1878: 462), writing in German on Magelona morphology, mentions the name in passing as used by Johnston, but without endorsement [details]
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