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Polychaeta taxon details

Galathowenia africana Kirkegaard, 1959

154125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154125)

accepted
Species
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): 67, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in West Africa  
type locality contained in West Africa [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, western Africa  
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, western Africa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Galathowenia africana Kirkegaard, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154125 on 2026-07-09
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 67, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Specimen Zoological Museum, Copenhagen [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, western Africa [details]
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