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Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959

335524  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335524)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Polychaeta incertae sedis (Subclass)
  6. Magelonidae (Family)
  7. Magelona (Genus)
  8. Magelona filiformis (Species)
  9. Magelona filiformis minuta (Subspecies)
 unaccepted > unavailable name (subjective synonym, suppressed in 2024 as a senior homonym by an ICZN Opinion)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 38(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006974
page(s): 551; note: Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Wilson did not designate a holotype. BMNH...  
From editor or global species database
Type material Wilson did not designate a holotype. BMNH 1959.4.2.11-13 consists of 5 syntype specimens. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]
Homonymy Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959 was senior primary homonym to Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962. The ICZN (2024) in...  
Homonymy Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959 was senior primary homonym to Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962. The ICZN (2024) in Opinion 2507 suppressed M. filiformis minuta to validate M. minuta Eliason. [details]

Nomenclature Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. As the article was published before 1960 it is a valid...  
Nomenclature Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. As the article was published before 1960 it is a valid subspecific name (ICZN articles 15 and 45.6.4) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335524 on 2025-05-11
Date
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2008-03-17 14:53:29Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2018-12-10 20:49:12Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2025-01-01 08:59:46Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Wilson, Douglas P. (1959). The polychaete Magelona filiformis n.sp. and notes on other species of Magelona. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 38(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400006974
page(s): 551; note: Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Mills, Kimberley; Mortimer, Kate. (2018). Redescription of Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida), with discussions on the validity of Magelona filiformis minuta. Zootaxa. 4527(4): 541-559., available online at https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4527.4.5
page(s): 555; note: synonymy to M. filiformis based on re-examination of Magelona filiformis minuta syntypes, BMNH 1959.4.2.11-13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source ICZN. (2024). Opinion 2507 (Case 3804) – Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): usage conserved by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 81(1): 147-148., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/issue/view/11709
note: 'minuta' Wilson, 1959, as published in the trinomen Magelona filiformis minuta is suppressed by ICZN decision. [details] 

Other

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 358; note: Tentative (with question mark) synonymy of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959 into stem species M filiformis Wilson, 1959 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Homonymy Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959 was senior primary homonym to Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962. The ICZN (2024) in Opinion 2507 suppressed M. filiformis minuta to validate M. minuta Eliason. [details]

Nomenclature Described as a variety, Magelona filiformis sp.nov. minuta var.nov. As the article was published before 1960 it is a valid subspecific name (ICZN articles 15 and 45.6.4) [details]

Type material Wilson did not designate a holotype. BMNH 1959.4.2.11-13 consists of 5 syntype specimens. [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
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