RAS taxon details
Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959
146949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146949)
accepted
Genus
- Species Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978)
- Species Galathowenia australis (Grube, 1866) accepted as Myriochele australis (Grube, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Galathowenia wilsoni Blake, 1984 accepted as Galathowenia scotiae (Hartman, 1978)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146949 on 2025-04-03
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146949 on 2025-04-03
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Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Parapar, Julio 2003. Resurrection of Galathowenia australis (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) based upon type material. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(3):249-255 [details]
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Parapar, Julio; Hutchings, Patricia. (2012). Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166(2): 236-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00850.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [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; note: Galathowenia as a valid genus, including one new species, plus G africana as a distinct valid species separate from Galathowenia oculata (Zacs), originally in Myriochele [details]
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Parapar, Julio 2003. Resurrection of Galathowenia australis (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) based upon type material. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(3):249-255 [details]
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Parapar, Julio; Hutchings, Patricia. (2012). Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166(2): 236-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00850.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [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; note: Galathowenia as a valid genus, including one new species, plus G africana as a distinct valid species separate from Galathowenia oculata (Zacs), originally in Myriochele [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
