Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis

Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Magelona F. Müller, 1858

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モロテゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Cunningham, Joseph Thomas; Ramage, G.A. (1888). The Polychaeta Sedentaria of the Firth of Forth. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 33(3): 635-684.
additional source	Mortimer, Kate; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Dos Brasil, Ana Claudia; Lana, Paulo. (2021). Who's who in Magelona: phylogenetic hypotheses under Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida: Polychaeta). PeerJ. 9: e11993.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
taxonomy source	Parapar, Julio; Mortimer, Kate; Capa, María; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Palaeoannelida. Diversity. 13(2): 41.
identification resource	Taylor, Abbie; Mortimer, Kate. (2023). An essential guide to Magelonidae, UK and European species. Porcupine Marine Natural History Society. 1-10.
identification resource	Mortimer, Kate; Mills, Kimberley; Gil, João. (2022). Re-evaluation of Rostraria bierii Tokioka, 1970 (Annelida) from Seto, Japan as a magelonid, with a review of the Magelonidae of the western Pacific. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 41(3): 61-69.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888. 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:914