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Magelonidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Cunningham, J. T., & Ramage, G. A. (1888). The Polychaeta Sedentaria of the Firth of Forth. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 33(3): 635–684. https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=49580

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Polychaeta
family
Magelonidae

Name

Synonyms
Maeadae
Homonyms
Magelonidae
Common names
skedhuvudsmaskar in Swedish
Магелониды in Russian
モロテゴカイ科 in Japanese
양손갯지렁이과 in Korean
skedhuvudsmaskar in Swedish
モロテゴカイ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cunningham, Joseph Thomas; Ramage, G.A. (1888). The Polychaeta Sedentaria of the Firth of Forth. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 33(3): 635-684.
  2. 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.
  3. Fauchald, K., and G. W. Rouse, 1997: Polychaete systematics: Past and present. Zoologica Scripta, vol. 26, no. 2. 71-138.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996)
  6. Mortimer, Kate; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Dos Brasil, Ana Claudia; Lana, Paulo. (2021). Who's who in <i>Magelona:</i> phylogenetic hypotheses under Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11993. 10.7717/peerj.11993
  7. Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Gil, João. (2022). Re-evaluation of <i>Rostraria bierii</i> Tokioka, 1970 (Annelida) from Seto, Japan as a magelonid, with a review of the Magelonidae of the western Pacific. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 41(3): 61-69. 10.1007/s13131-021-1824-0
  8. Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Robertson, Craig M. (2026). Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida, Polychaeta)—Worldwide Identification Keys and the Re-Establishment of Maea Johnston, 1865. <em>Taxonomy (MDPI).</em> 6(1: 17): 1-60. 10.3390/taxonomy6010017
  9. Parapar, Julio; Mortimer, Kate; Capa, María; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Palaeoannelida. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 41. 10.3390/d13020041
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Rouse, G. W., and K. Fauchald, 1997: Cladistics and polychaetes. Zoologica Scripta, vol. 26, no. 2. 139-204.
  13. Taylor, Abbie; Mortimer, Kate. (2023). An essential guide to Magelonidae, UK and European species. <em>Porcupine Marine Natural History Society.</em> 1-10.
  14. Wilson, R.S. 2000. Family Magelonidae. Pp. 194-195 in: Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B., and Glasby, C.J. (eds) Polychaetes and Allies: the Southern Synthesis. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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