MSBIAS taxon details
Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959
146949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146949)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146949 on 2026-01-14
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146949 on 2026-01-14
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Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Parapar, Julio 2003. Resurrection of Galathowenia australis (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) based upon type material. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(3):249-255 [details]
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Parapar, Julio; Hutchings, Patricia. (2012). Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166(2): 236-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00850.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
status source Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Oweniidae Rioja, 1917. pages 97-128. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 102; note: Galathowenia as a valid genus, including one new species, plus G africana as a distinct valid species separate from Galathowenia oculata (Zacs), originally in Myriochele [details]
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Parapar, Julio 2003. Resurrection of Galathowenia australis (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) based upon type material. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(3):249-255 [details]
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Parapar, Julio; Hutchings, Patricia. (2012). Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166(2): 236-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00850.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
status source Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Oweniidae Rioja, 1917. pages 97-128. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 102; note: Galathowenia as a valid genus, including one new species, plus G africana as a distinct valid species separate from Galathowenia oculata (Zacs), originally in Myriochele [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathowenia)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
