Magelona capensis Day, 1961

Siddique, Alfisa, Purushothaman, Jasmine, Bhowal, Aishee & Mandal, Sumit, 2021, Distribution and diversity of Polychaeta (Phylum: Annelida) in the Northern coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 453-463 : 457

11. Magelona capensis Day, 1961

1961. Magelona capensis Day, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. , 44 (299): 495, fig. 6a–h.

Diagnosis: Body is about 30 mm long. Prostomium is wide with antero-lateral outgrowths, eyes absent. From the base of prostomium long palps arise. In setigers 1-8 the notopodia has a small superior lobe joined to a larger inferior lobe. Setiger 9 possess broad-winged capillaries, like in setiger 1-8. Abdominal hooded hooks present ( Abd-Elnaby, 2008).

Distribution: India - Nizamapatnam ( Musale & Desai, 2011). World – Coast of Brazil, Northern European coast and Mediterranean coast ( Wilson, 1958), Mediterranean Sea and Western Africa ( Abd-Elnaby, 2008).