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Macrobel taxon details
Magelona johnstoni Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000 AphiaID: 130269
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Magelona F. Müller, 1858 |
| Source | |
additional source: Fiege, D.; Licher, F.; Mackie, A.S.Y. (2000). A partial review of the European Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): Magelona mirabilis redefined and M. johnstoni sp. nov. distinguished. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80: 215-234 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 226 [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Feedingtypes | |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
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| Notes | |
Description: A digging bristle worm with an oval, flattened head bearing two long palps covered with numerous
papillae. The long filiform body (up to 170 mm) can be separated into two different regions, each
characterised by short parapodia. The anterior region is coloured pale pink, the posterior region greenish grey with white patches. [details]
Distribution: The distribution of Magelona johnstoni was in both periods limited to the near-coastal zone, where the species was characterised by a rather uniform distribution and a high relative occurrence. Whereas M. johnstoni was found in maximum densities of about 200 ind./m2 in the 1976-1984 period, higher densities were found in the 1994-2001 period (up to approximately 9,000 ind./m2) [details]
Habitat: Although Magelona johnstoni is only absent in coarse-grained sediments the species displays a clear preference for finer sediments (150 to 300 µm), where the species reaches a relative occurrence of > 40%. A similar spectrum of occurrence is found with regard to the mud content; Magelona johnstoni reaches the highest relative occurrence in sediments with a mud content of 10-20%. [details]
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| Image | | 
Picture of Magelona johnstoni
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Moulaert, I.
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130269 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Fiege, D.; Bellan, G. (2013). Magelona johnstoni Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130269 on 2013-05-20 |
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