Gattyana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Gattyana
McIntosh, 1897
Type species
Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766)[1]

Gattyana is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes 11 species, 9 of which occur in the northern hemisphere, the remaining two are from the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and the Southern Ocean off New Zealand. Species of Gattyana are known from shallow water down to depths of about 1200 m.[2][3][4]

Description

Species of Gattyana are short-bodied scale worms with about 34 to 40 segments and 15 pairs of elytra which cover the dorsum completely and have a marginal fringe of papillae. The prostomium is bilobed anteriorly and a pair of cephalic peaks is present. The lateral antennae are inserted ventrally directly beneath the median antenna. The neuropodial lobe is elongate and tapering. Notochaetae of two kinds are present: with capillary tips and with blunt tips. All neurochaetae have unidentate tips.[2][5]

Species

As at October 2020, Gattyana includes 11 species:[1]


References

  1. 1 2 Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Gattyana McIntosh, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129488
  2. 1 2 McIntosh, W.C. 1897. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 18. 1. On the phosphorescence of Gattyana (Nychia) cirrosa Pallas. 2. On a new Evarne (E. atlantica) from Rockall. 3. On the British species of Pholoe. 4. On a collection of annelids made by Canon Norman in Norway. Part I. A new Evarne and two species of Sthenelais. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (Series 6): 167-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213622
  3. ↑ Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2003) The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlugen der Senckebergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main 559, 1–167.
  4. ↑ Barnich R, Fiege D (2009) Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa 2104: 1–76. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2104.1.1.
  5. ↑ Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.


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