Gattyana fauveli is a scale worm described from the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean in intertidal and shallow water.[2]
| Gattyana fauveli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Gattyana |
| Species: | G. fauveli
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| Binomial name | |
| Gattyana fauveli Misra, 1999[1]
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Biology and Ecology
editGattyana fauveli has a commensal relationship with the echiuran, Anelassorhynchus branchiorhynchus.
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Gattyana fauveli Misra, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328076
- ^ Misra, A. (1999). Polychaete [Fauna of West Bengal]. [book chapter]. pp. 125-225. In: Gosh, A.K. (ed.). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Series 3. State Fauna Series, Fauna of West Bengal, part 10, Invertebrates., available online at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/php/sfs_books_list.php