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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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
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.