Owenia artifex (Verrill, 1885) 
AphiaID: 334326

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Oweniidae (Family) > Owenia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844
Synonymised taxa		Ammochares artifex Verrill, 1885 (objective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] from synonym: Verrill, A.E., 1885. Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Pt 5. Annelida, Echinodermata, Hydroida, Tunicata. Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 8 27-28: 424-448. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334326
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Owenia artifex (Verrill, 1885). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334326 on 2013-05-20