1984 Identified a new genus of corals - Rhombopsammia

Because Owens had sickle cell anemia traits, her research was limited by her inability to dive underwater to search for specimens.[3] Instead, she did a laboratory project at the Smithsonian Institution, working with coral samples collected by a British expedition in 1880. Her doctoral research concerned certain species of deep-sea button corals, a group of stony corals that are distinctive in that they do not form colonies. Her dissertation was titled "Microstructural Changes in the Scleractinian Families Micrabaciidae and Fungiidae and their Taxonomic and Ecologic Implications."

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Biology - Marine Biology

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