Wilson, 1959

Description:
Prostomium somewhat longer than broad, with two small ‘horns’ anteriorly. Thoracic notopodia with a finger-like dorsal cirrus and a postchaetal lamella, which is also finger-like but twice as long as the dorsal cirrus. Neuropodia with a finger-like ventral cirrus and a short, truncated postchaetal lamella. All thoracic chaetae are winged capillary chaetae. Abdominal parapodia with small papilliform dorsal and ventral cirri, two basally incised interramal lamellae and tridentate hooded hooks (M. filiformis-detail 1); (M. filiformis-detail 2).

Size:
Up to 100 mm for over 142 segments.

Colour:
Living animal transparent.

Habitat:
On sand or mud; lower eulittoral to upper sublittoral.

Distribution:
Northeast Atlantic to English Channel and Mediterranean. Also in the German Bight.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Magelonida
Family Magelonidae
Genus Magelona
Species Magelona filiformis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959

Scientific synonyms and common names

Magelona filiformis Wilson, 1959

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Wilson, D.P., 1958. The polychaete Magelona filiformis sp. nov. and notes on other species of Magelona. Jour. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. Plymouth, 38: 547-556.

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