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Shovelhead worms are relatively small group of marine bristleworms possessing a distinct spade like head region and paired palps used in feeding. A description of a new species of shovelhead worm (Magelonidae) from South-eastern Iran and new records of several other shovelhead worm species.
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This work continues on from several other papers on the Magelonidae of the Arabian Sea region (Mortimer, 2010; Mortimer et al., 2012) and this suite of papers comprises a review of all known shovelhead worms of this region.
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This page is a summary of: A new species and new records of Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae) from Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, South-eastern Iran, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, May 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s002531541600076x.
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