Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Magelonidae > Genus Magelona

Magelona alleni Wilson, 1958

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Magelona*	F. Müller, 1858	accepted genus name
*Maea*	Johnston, 1865	generic synonym
*Octomagelona*	Aguirrezabalaga, Ceberio & Fiege, 2001	synonym

Literature

original description	Wilson, Douglas P. (1958). The polychaete Magelona alleni n.sp. and a re-assessment of Magelona cincta Ehlers. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 37(3): 617-626.
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.
additional source	Fiege, Dieter; Licher, Frank; 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.
additional source	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: 214-231.
redescription	Mortimer, Kate; Kongsrud, John Anders; Willassen, Endre. (2021). Integrative taxonomy of West African Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae): species with thoracic pigmentation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. efirst: 1-43, published online 22 October 2021.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona alleni Wilson, 1958. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130266