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

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 181-196

  Ford, Evan ^a   Hutchings, Pat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitan species; Morphometry; New species; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

OWENIA; OWENIA FUSIFORMIS; OWENIIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33745257006     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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