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Owenia | |
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Owenia fusiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Polychaeta |
Order: | Canalipalpata |
Family: | Oweniidae |
Genus: | Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1841 |
Type species | |
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 | |
Species | |
Owenia is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Oweniidae.
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