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

Magelona cincta Ehlers, 1908

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	Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899. 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII.
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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
redescription	Mortimer, Kate; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2007). Magelonidae (Polychaeta) from Hong Kong, China, with discussions on related species and redescriptions of three species. Zoosymposia. 2: 179-199.
taxonomy source	Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. African Zoology. efirst: 1-28.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona cincta Ehlers, 1908. 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:156231