Gattyana pacifica is a scale worm described from Puget Sound in the north-west Pacific, probably from the intertidal zone.[2]
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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. pacifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Gattyana pacifica (Johnson, 1901)[1]
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Description
editGattyana australis is a short-bodied worm with 37 segments and 15 pairs of elytra. The prostomium bears a pair of acute anterior projections on its anterior margin. Lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath the median antenna. Notochaetae are thinner than the neurochaetae, and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips, which contradicts the diagnosis of the genus.[3]
References
edit- ^ Read, G. & Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Gattyana pacifica (Johnson, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). "The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 29 (18): 381-437, plates 1-19.
- ^ 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.