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Original description of Owenia petersenae

Original name (Basionym): Owenia petersenae Koh & Bhaud 2003

Described from: New Zealand

Type locality: Wellington Harbour

Remarks: New species based on Mortensen's Wellington near Ward Island sample, 1915

Source: Koh, B.-S.; Bhaud, M. R. 2003 : Identification of new criteria for differentiating between populations of Owenia fusiformis (Annelida Polychaeta) from different origins: Rehabilitation of old species and erection of new species. Vie et Milieu 53: 65-95.

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