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Zhou, Jin; Mortimer, Kate. 2013. A new species of Magelona (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) from Chinese coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(06): 1503-1510
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Zhou, J. ;.; Mortimer, K.
2013
A new species of Magelona (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) from Chinese coastal waters
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
93(06): 1503-1510
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
A description of a new species of Magelona, M. parochilis sp. nov. is presented, based on material collected from the Yellow Sea, China. The new species belongs to the ‘Magelona mirabilis group’ of magelonids, possessing a rounded prostomium, lacking prostomial horns and specialized chaetae on chaetiger 9. Paired anteriorly open pouches are present between chaetigers 11–12 and 14–15 (occasionally between chaetigers 17–18). Magelona parochilis sp. nov. inhabits intertidal zones and shallow subtidal waters characterized by sandy mud.
Yellow Sea
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 Etymology

Latin meaning ‘limited area’, referring to the species distribution being apparently between only 32 deg 10.63' ... [details]

 Type locality

Off Xinzhong Harbour, Jiangsu Province, China, 32.181167 N, 121.659667 E, shallows [details]