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

Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1967

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	Glémarec, M. (1966). Les Magelonidae des côtes de Bretagne: description de Magelona wilsoni n. sp. Vie Milieu. 17: 1077-1085.
basis of record	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.
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.
redescription	Mortimer, Kate; Gil, João; Fiege, Dieter. (2011). Portuguese Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) with a description of a new species, a re-description of Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1966 and a key to adult Magelonidae from European waters. Italian Journal of Zoology. 78(S1): 124-139.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1967. 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:130274