OWENIIDAE, RIOJA, 1917

Capa, Maria, Parapar, Julio & Hutchings, Pat, 2012, Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (2), pp. 236-278 : 267

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00850.x

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE8729-AB01-D477-FDC7-F9BBA5A2FF1C

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scientific name

OWENIIDAE
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KEY TO OWENIIDAE View in CoL GENERA

1. Head with a tentacular crown, uncini with teeth similar in size and arranged side by side ................... Owenia View in CoL

– Head and uncini different................................................................................................................... 2

2. Head with a pair of long and grooved palps and with anterior lobes, uncini with dissimilar sized teeth arranged vertically (one above the other) .............................................................................................. Myriowenia

– Head and uncini different................................................................................................................... 3

3. Anterior end truncated, mouth terminal, continuing ventrally as a slit, breakage groove between first and second segment, notopodia with only capillary chaetae, uncini with teeth of similar size and generally arranged obliquely ......................................................................................................................... Galathowenia

– Anterior end rounded, mouth terminal or slightly ventral but without a ventral slit, notopodia with capillary and acicular chaetae; uncini with teeth of similar size and generally arranged vertically ........................ Myriochele KEY TO AUSTRALIAN OWENIIDAE

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Sabellida

Family

Oweniidae

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