WoRMS taxon details
Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959
AphiaID: 146949
AphiaID: 146949
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Oweniidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Galathowenia africana Kirkegaard, 1959 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Oweniidae Rioja, 1917 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] basis of record: Parapar, Julio 2003. Resurrection of Galathowenia australis (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) based upon type material. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(3):249-255 [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] status source: Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Oweniidae Rioja, 1917. pages 97-128. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 102 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Galathowenia africana Kirkegaard, 1959 Species Galathowenia australis (Grube, 1866) Species Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985) Species Galathowenia kirkegaardi De León-González, & Sanchez-Hernández, 2012 Species Galathowenia oculata (Zachs, 1923) Species Galathowenia piltzi Blake in Blake, Hilbig & Scott, 2000 Species Galathowenia pygidialis (Harman, 1960) Species Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978) Species Galathowenia wilsoni Blake, 1984 accepted as Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146949 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146949 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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