WoRMS taxon details
Magelona symmetrica Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
578015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578015)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortimer, Kate; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2006). The Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seychelles. 2. Description of four additional species, three new to science. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70(S3): 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3125
page(s): 127-128, fig. 2A-L [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 127-128, fig. 2A-L [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2000.020.0175, verbatimGeounit...
, Note Seychelles: E of Mahé, Stn 1c, 4° 41' 14.4"...
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2000.020.0175, verbatimGeounit Seychelles: E of Mah... [details]
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Type locality Seychelles: E of Mahé, Stn 1c, 4° 41' 14.4" S, 55° 32' 11.4" E (-4.687333°, 55.5365°), fine and medium sand and coral sediment, 20 m. [details]
Etymology Specific name is from ‘symmetros’(Gk), meaning symmetrical, and refers to the uniformity of the noto- and neuropodial...
Etymology Specific name is from ‘symmetros’(Gk), meaning symmetrical, and refers to the uniformity of the noto- and neuropodial lamellae in both thorax and abdomen. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona symmetrica Mortimer & Mackie, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578015 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Mortimer, Kate; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2006). The Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seychelles. 2. Description of four additional species, three new to science. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70(S3): 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3125
page(s): 127-128, fig. 2A-L [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie; Watling, Les. (2018). Four new species of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Easter Island, Guam and Hawaii. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4457(3): 379-396., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4457.3.2
note: record from Guam as Magelona cf. symmetrica Mortimer & Mackie, 2006, is described and compared to the Seychelles basionym [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shakouri, Arash; Mortimer, Kate; Dehani, Esmaeil. (2017). A new species and new records of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, South-eastern Iran. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(07): 1537-1552., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531541600076x
page(s): 1548, figure 9; note: record and description for Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 127-128, fig. 2A-L [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie; Watling, Les. (2018). Four new species of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Easter Island, Guam and Hawaii. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4457(3): 379-396., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4457.3.2
note: record from Guam as Magelona cf. symmetrica Mortimer & Mackie, 2006, is described and compared to the Seychelles basionym [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shakouri, Arash; Mortimer, Kate; Dehani, Esmaeil. (2017). A new species and new records of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, South-eastern Iran. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(07): 1537-1552., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531541600076x
page(s): 1548, figure 9; note: record and description for Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMW NMW.Z.2000.020.0175, verbatimGeounit Seychelles: E of Mah... [details]
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Etymology Specific name is from ‘symmetros’(Gk), meaning symmetrical, and refers to the uniformity of the noto- and neuropodial lamellae in both thorax and abdomen. [details]Type locality Seychelles: E of Mahé, Stn 1c, 4° 41' 14.4" S, 55° 32' 11.4" E (-4.687333°, 55.5365°), fine and medium sand and coral sediment, 20 m. [details]
