De León-González, J. A.; Sanchez-Hernández, V. 2012. Galathowenia kirkegaardi sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(05): 1013-1017
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De León-González, J. A.; Sanchez-Hernández, V.
2012
Galathowenia kirkegaardi sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) from the Gulf of Mexico
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
92(05): 1013-1017
Publication
Polychaeta database. Online 2011, not in print until mid 2012.
Galathowenia kirkegaardi a new oweniid polychaete species is described from soft bottoms of the Tamiahua Lagoon, in the Gulf of Mexico. It is characterized by the presence of lateral eyes, a constriction in the intersection of thorax and abdomen, and two well-developed pygidial lobes. The new species is compared with a small group of species in the genus characterized by the presence of eyes.