WoRMS taxon details
Owenia assimilis (Sars, 1851)
880408 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:880408)
accepted
Species
Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 201-202 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 201-202 [no figures] [details]
Type locality contained in Norway
type locality contained in Norway [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851 was previously synonymised to Owenia fusiformis, so was already known to be an Owenia...
Taxonomy Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851 was previously synonymised to Owenia fusiformis, so was already known to be an Owenia before Koh et al (2003) treated it as a valid Owenia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Owenia assimilis (Sars, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880408 on 2026-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 201-202 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Koh, Byoung-Seol; Bhaud, Michel R.; Jirkov, Igor A. (2003). Two new species of <i>Owenia</i> (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the northern part of the North Atlantic Ocean and remarks on previously erected species from the same area. <em>Sarsia.</em> 88(3): 175-188., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364820310001318
page(s): 183, table 2; note: from Ammochares [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 201-202 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Koh, Byoung-Seol; Bhaud, Michel R.; Jirkov, Igor A. (2003). Two new species of <i>Owenia</i> (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the northern part of the North Atlantic Ocean and remarks on previously erected species from the same area. <em>Sarsia.</em> 88(3): 175-188., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364820310001318
page(s): 183, table 2; note: from Ammochares [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Koh, Byoung-Seol; Bhaud, Michel R. (2003). Identification of new criteria for differentiating between populations of <i>Owenia fusiformis</i> (Annelida Polychaeta) from different origins: rehabilitation of old species and erection of new species. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 53(2-3): 65-95., available online at https://wwwphp.obs-banyuls.fr/Viemilieu/index.php/volume-53-2003/53-issues-2-3/532-3-article-1.html
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Ammochares assimilis Sars, 1851 was previously synonymised to Owenia fusiformis, so was already known to be an Owenia before Koh et al (2003) treated it as a valid Owenia. [details]
