Gattyana mossambica is a scale worm described from the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.[2]
| Gattyana mossambica | |
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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. mossambica
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| Binomial name | |
| Gattyana mossambica Day, 1962[1]
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Description
editGattyana mossambica is a short-bodied worm with 45 segments and 15 pairs of elytra, which bear a marginal fringe of papillae. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath the median antenna. A pair of anterior projections are present on the anterior margin of the prostomium also. Notochaetae are thinner than the neurochaetae, and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips, which contradicts the diagnosis of the genus.[2][3]
Biology and Ecology
editGattyana mossambica has been collected from the tubes of Eunice tubifex but it is not clear if this represents a commensal relationship.[2]
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Gattyana mossambica Day, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209648
- ^ a b c Day JH (1962) Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 139: 627–656. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469–7998.1962.tb01597.x.
- ^ 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.