Gattyana australis is a scale worm described from the Southern Ocean off New Zealand at a depths of 1100 to 1200 m.[2]
Description
Gattyana australis is a short-bodied worm with 37 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. Notochaetae are about as thick as the neurochaetae, and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips, which contradicts the diagnosis of the genus.[2][3]
References
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^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Gattyana australis Averincev, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328074
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^ a b Averincev VG (1978) The polychaetous annelids of the Aphroditiformia of the shelf and upper bathyal of Australian and New Zealand Region and of Macquarie Island (on the base data of 16th cruise of the R/V D.M. Mendeleev) [in Russian]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologia Akademia nauk SSSR 113: 51–72.
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^ 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.
