Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Oweniidae > Genus Galathowenia

Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galathowenia*	Kirkegaard, 1959	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Myriochele fragilis*	Nilsen & Holthe, 1985	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632
additional source	Parapar, Julio 2003. Oweniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Icelandic waters, collected by the BIOCE project, with a description of Myrioglobula islandica n. sp. Sarsia, 88(4):274-290
additional source	Parapar, Julio 2006. The genera Myriochele and Myrioglobula (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) in Icelandic waters with the revivion of type material of Myriochele heeri Malmgren, 1867, and the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 40(9-10): 523-547.
additional source	NSBP/Akvaplan-NIVA
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146951