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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Annelida (phylum) » Polychaeta (class) » Sabellida (order) » Oweniidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 22 081001 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Owenia australis Ford & Hutchings, 2005 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | Owenia fusiformis, originally described from the Mediterranean Sea, was previously considered to be a cosmopolitan species. Recent studies have found that material from other parts of the world previously included in O. fusiformis actually belongs to distinct regional species. | ||||||||
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Record source: | Australian Biological Resources Study (Houston, K. + others, editors), 2000-, Australian Faunal Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication, http: www.environment.gov.au/abrs/abif-fauna/ |
Scientific Name verified against: | Ford, E., Hutchings, P.A., 2005. An analysis of morphological characters of Owenia useful to distinguish species: description of three new species of Owenia (Oweniidae: Polychaeta) from Australian waters., Marine Ecology, Vol. 26: 181-196. |