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

Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galathowenia*	Kirkegaard, 1959	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Myriochele fragilis*	Nilsen & Holthe, 1985	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
additional source	Parapar, Julio 2003. Oweniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Icelandic waters, collected by the BIOCE project, with a description of Myrioglobula islandica n. sp. Sarsia, 88(4):274-290
additional source	NSBP/Akvaplan-NIVA
additional source	Parapar, Julio. (2006). The genera Myriochele and Myrioglobula (Polychaeta, Oweniidae) in Icelandic waters with the revision of type material of Myriochele heeri Malmgren, 1867, and the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History. 40(9-10), 523-547.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Galathowenia fragilis (Nilsen & Holthe, 1985). 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:146951