WoRMS taxon details
Magelona brachypalpata Mortimer, Blake & Harrendence, 2021
1545356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1545356)
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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortimer, Kate; Blake, James A.; Harrendence, Kelsey. (2021). A review of the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Northeast America, including a description of a new species and re-descriptions of Magelona riojai and Magelona sacculata. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 209-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.209
page(s): 212-226, figures 2–5, table 1; note: off Long Island, and New York Bight, northeast America Atlantic coast. ...
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page(s): 212-226, figures 2–5, table 1; note: off Long Island, and New York Bight, northeast America Atlantic coast. ...
off Long Island, and New York Bight, northeast America Atlantic coast.
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Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2021.002.0001, c, geounit Long Island
, Note off Jones Beach, Long Island, New York,...
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2021.002.0001, c, geounit Long Island [details]
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Type locality off Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, Atlantic 40.5666, -73.3510, 57.9 m [details]
Etymology authors: Magelona brachypalpata is "derived from the Greek 'brachys', meaning short, and the Latin 'palpatus' referring to...
Etymology authors: Magelona brachypalpata is "derived from the Greek 'brachys', meaning short, and the Latin 'palpatus' referring to the presence of palps, together denoting the unusually short palps observed in this species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona brachypalpata Mortimer, Blake & Harrendence, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1545356 on 2024-11-21
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Mortimer, Kate; Blake, James A.; Harrendence, Kelsey. (2021). A review of the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Northeast America, including a description of a new species and re-descriptions of Magelona riojai and Magelona sacculata. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 209-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.209
page(s): 212-226, figures 2–5, table 1; note: off Long Island, and New York Bight, northeast America Atlantic coast. ...
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biology source Jones, Meredith Leam. (1968). On the morphology, feeding, and behavior of <i>Magelona</i> sp. <em>The Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.</em> 134(2): 272-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1539604
note: Magelona brevipalpata was the species studied (fide Mortimer et al 2021) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 212-226, figures 2–5, table 1; note: off Long Island, and New York Bight, northeast America Atlantic coast. ...
off Long Island, and New York Bight, northeast America Atlantic coast.
[request]biology source Jones, Meredith Leam. (1968). On the morphology, feeding, and behavior of <i>Magelona</i> sp. <em>The Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.</em> 134(2): 272-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1539604
note: Magelona brevipalpata was the species studied (fide Mortimer et al 2021) [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2021.002.0001, c, geounit Long Island [details]
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Etymology authors: Magelona brachypalpata is "derived from the Greek 'brachys', meaning short, and the Latin 'palpatus' referring to the presence of palps, together denoting the unusually short palps observed in this species. [details]Identification Mortimer et al (2021) explain that "Magelona brachypalpata described herein from off Long Island is the same as that from Woods Hole mentioned and used by Jones (1968) in his comprehensive morphological and behavioral account of Magelona sp." [Jones, M. L. 1968. On the morphology, feeding, and behavior of Magelona sp. Biological Bulletin 134(2):272–297.] [details]
Type locality off Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, Atlantic 40.5666, -73.3510, 57.9 m [details]
