Gattya
| Gattya | |
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| Gattya humilis with Doto coronata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Halopterididae |
| Genus: | Gattya Allman, 1885 |
Gattya is a genus of hydroids in the family Halopterididae.[1]
The genus name of Gattya is in honour of Margaret Gatty (née Scott, 1809–1873), who was an English children's author and writer on marine biology.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by William Henry Harvey in Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Vol. 22 (Edition 5, Sci.) on page 555 in 1855.
Species
[edit]The following species are classed in the genus Gattya:[1]
- Gattya aglaopheniaformis (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1909)
- Gattya balei (Bartlett, 1907)
- Gattya conspecta (Billard, 1907)
- Gattya heurteli (Billard, 1907)
- Gattya humilis Allman, 1885
- Gattya multithecata (Jarvis, 1922)
- Gattya trebilcocki Watson, 1973
- Gattya tropicalis Millard & Bouillon, 1973
- Gattya wimleni Gravier-Bonnet, 1998
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gattya Allman, 1885". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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