Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Oweniidae

Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ops*	Carrington, 1865	generic synonym

Children

Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: チマキゴカイ属

Literature

original description	Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. Batteli & Co., Naples. Parts 1-8.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
identification resource	Koh, Byoung-Seol; Bhaud, Michel R. (2003). Identification of new criteria for differentiating between populations of Owenia fusiformis (Annelida Polychaeta) from different origins: rehabilitation of old species and erection of new species. Vie et Milieu. 53(2-3): 65-95.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129427