Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Oweniidae

Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985)
Galathowenia oculata (Zachs, 1923)

Literature

original description	Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. Atlantide Report. 5: 7-117.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
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
taxonomy source	Parapar, Julio 2003. Resurrection of Galathowenia australis (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) based upon type material. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 44(3):249-255
taxonomy source	Capa, Maria; Parapar, Julio; Hutchings, Patricia. (2012). Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166(2): 236-278.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Galathowenia Kirkegaard, 1959. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146949