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Oweniidae
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Oweniidae

Oweniidae is a family of marine polychaete worms in the suborder Sabellida. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are selective filter feeders, detritivores and grazers.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Owenia

genusOwenia

Galathowenia

genusGalathowenia

Myriochele

genusMyriochele

Myriowenia

genusMyriowenia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 331002.