Published September 5, 2024 | Version v1
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Owenia Delle Chiaje 1844

  • 1. Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu (Malaysia)
  • 2. Departamento Ecología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California (Mexico)
  • 3. South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre (RRC), Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (INOS), 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu (Malaysia)

Description

Genus Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844

Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844: 48. — Nilsen & Holthe 1985: 18. — Blake 2000: 117.

DIAGNOSIS (adapted from Capa et al. 2012). — Head with prostomial tentacular crown. Mouth elongated anteriorly. First three segments uniramous with capillaries only. Following segments biramous with capillaries on notopodia and more than 20 irregular rows of bidentate uncini. Teeth arranged side by side on neuropodial tori. Pygidium formed by terminal rim or with a pair of weakly developed lobes. Tube tapered toward both ends, covered by foreign objects imbricated like roof tiles.

TYPE SPECIES. — Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844, by original designation.

Notes

Published as part of Ibrahim, Nur Fazne, Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F. & Idris, Izwandy, 2024, Review of Oweniidae Rioja, 1917 (Annelida, Palaeoannelida) from Malaysia, with a description of two new species and a key to South China Sea species, pp. 513-542 in Zoosystema 46 (20) on page 518, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a20, http://zenodo.org/record/13712328

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Oweniidae
Genus
Owenia
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Delle Chiaje
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Owenia Chiaje, 1844 sec. Ibrahim, Villalobos-Guerrero & Idris, 2024

References

  • DELLE CHIAJE S. 1844. - Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822 - 1830. Naples, C. Batelli: 1 - 416. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10031
  • NILSEN R. & HOLTHE T. 1985. - Arctic and Scandinavian Oweniidae (Polychaeta) with a description of Myriochele fragilis sp. n., and comments on the phylogeny of the family. Sarsia 70 (1): 17 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00364827.1985.10420615
  • BLAKE J. A. 2000. - Family Oweniidae Rioja, 1917. In Taxonomic Atlas of the benthic fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Annelida 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum Natural History: 97 - 127.
  • CAPA M., PARAPAR J. & HUTCHINGS P. 2012. - Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (2): 236 - 278. https: // doi. org / 10.111 1 / j. 1096 - 3642.2012.00850.