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

Oweniidae Rioja, 1917

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959
Myriochele Malmgren, 1867
Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: チマキゴカイ科

Literature

original description

Rioja, Enrique. (1917). Datos para le conocimiento de la fauna de Anélidos Poliquetos del Cantábrico. Trabajos del Museo nacional de ciencias naturales. Serie Zoológica. 29: 1-111.

status source

Weigert, Anne; Bleidorn, Christoph. (2016). Current status of annelid phylogeny. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 16(2): 345-362.

taxonomy source

Parapar, Julio; Mortimer, Kate; Capa, María; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Palaeoannelida. Diversity. 13(2): 41.

taxonomy source

Ibrahim, Nur Fazne; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Idris, Izwandy. (2024). Review of Oweniidae Rioja, 1917 (Annelida, Palaeoannelida) from Malaysia, with a description of two new species and a key to South China Sea species. Zoosystema. 46(20): 513-542.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Oweniidae Rioja, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=975

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-03-07 by Geoffrey Read

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