''Gattya'' is a
genus of
hydroids in the
family Halopterididae
Halopterididae is a family of hydrozoans.
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following genera belong to the family Halopterididae:
*'' Anarthroclada'' Naumov, 1955
*'' Antennella'' Allman, 1877
*'' Antennellopsis'' Jäderhol ...
.
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, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
William Henry Harvey in Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Vol. 22 (Edition 5, Sci.) on page 555 in 1855.
Species
The following
species are classed in the genus Gattya:
*''
Gattya aglaopheniaformis
''Gattya'' is a genus of hydroids in the family Halopterididae.
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.
The genus was circumscri ...
''
(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
''Gattya'' is a genus of hydroids in the family Halopterididae.
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.
The genus was circumscri ...
''
Watson, 1973
*''
Gattya tropicalis
''Gattya'' is a genus of hydroids in the family Halopterididae.
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.
The genus was circumscri ...
''
Millard Millard may refer to:
__NOTOC__ Places in the United States
* Millard, Missouri, a village
* Millard, Omaha, Nebraska, a former suburb and present-day neighborhood of Omaha
* Millard Creek, Pennsylvania
* Millard County, Utah
* Millard, Virginia, an ...
& Bouillon, 1973
*''
Gattya wimleni
''Gattya'' is a genus of hydroids in the family Halopterididae.
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.
The genus was circumscri ...
''
Gravier-Bonnet, 1998
References
Halopterididae
Hydrozoan genera
{{Leptothecata-stub