''Gattya'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
hydroids in the
family
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Halopterididae.
The genus name of ''Gattya'' is in honour of
Margaret Gatty
Margaret Gatty ( Scott; 3 June 1809 – 4 October 1873) was an English children's author and writer on marine biology. In some writings she argues against Charles Darwin's ''Origin of Species''. She became a popular writer of tales for young pe ...
(née Scott, 1809–1873), who was an English children's author and writer on marine biology.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
William Henry Harvey
William Henry Harvey, FRS FLS (5 February 1811 – 15 May 1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae.
Biography
Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. His father ...
in Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Vol. 22 (Edition 5, Sci.) on page 555 in 1855.
Species
The following
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
are classed in the genus Gattya:
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Gattya aglaopheniaformis''
(Mulder & Trebilcock, 1909)
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Gattya balei''
(Bartlett, 1907)
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Gattya conspecta''
(Billard, 1907)
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Gattya heurteli''
(Billard, 1907)
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Gattya humilis''
Allman, 1885
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Gattya multithecata''
(Jarvis, 1922)
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Gattya trebilcocki''
Watson, 1973
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Gattya tropicalis''
Millard & Bouillon, 1973
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Gattya wimleni''
Gravier-Bonnet, 1998
References
Halopterididae
Hydrozoan genera
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