Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130544 on 2026-03-19
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Owenia fusiformis by Hans Hillewaert. From the Belgian continental shelf.
Gridded abundance map of the tubewormOwenia fusiformis in the North Sea in 1986. This product was developed with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis) and the Scale is log-transformed abundance. Data was derived from the 1986 North Sea Benthos Survey.. Citation: European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Biology project (www.emodnet-biology.eu), funded by the European Commission’s Directorate - General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE). The mapped images, raster files and used parameters can be downloaded here.
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - North Sea
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Baie de la Seine
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - British Isles
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Golfe Normanno-Breton
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Plymouth
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Roscoff
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Wimereux
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Red Sea
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - South Africa (country)
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - North Adriatic
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Cobscook Bay
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Caribbean Sea
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part]
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Manicouagan
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - St. Lawrence Estuary
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Saguenay Fjord
Distribution for Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Ammochares aedificator Andrews, 1891 - North Carolina
Distribution for Ammochares occidentalis Johnson, 1901 - Washington (State)
Distribution for Ammochares orientalis Grube, 1878 - Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Ammochares ottonis Grube, 1846 - Mediterranean Sea
Distribution for Ammochares tenuis Haswell, 1883 - Port Jackson
Distribution for Ops digitata Carrington, 1865 - United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Owenia brachycera Marion, 1876 - Marseille
Distribution for Owenia filiformis Claparède, 1870 - French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part]
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 883
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 130544
Taxon Description AMBI ecological group for Taxon denoted by name 337471
Taxon Description AMBI ecological group for Taxon denoted by name 130544
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
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