WoRMS name details
Owenia brasiliensis (Hansen, 1882)
988226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:988226)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Ammochares brasiliensis Hansen, 1882 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
recent only
(of Ammochares brasiliensis Hansen, 1882) Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 19, plate V figs. 33-36, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 19, plate V figs. 33-36, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Owenia brasiliensis (Hansen, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=988226 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ammochares brasiliensis Hansen, 1882) Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 19, plate V figs. 33-36, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 19, plate V figs. 33-36, plate VI figs. 1-4 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Silva, Luiz; Lana, Paulo. (2017). Owenia caissara sp. n. (Annelida, Oweniidae) from Southern Brazil: addressing an identity crisis. <em>Zoologia.</em> 34: 1-7., available online at http://zoologia.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12623
page(s): 7; note: authors state type unavailable (loss or bad state of conservation), original description indicates distinct from Owenia fusiformis [details]
page(s): 7; note: authors state type unavailable (loss or bad state of conservation), original description indicates distinct from Owenia fusiformis [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
