WoRMS taxon details
Gattyana mossambica Day, 1962
209648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209648)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x
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page(s): 629-631, figure 1 [details] Available for editors
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Gattyana mossambica Day, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209648 on 2026-09-25
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Nomenclature
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Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x
page(s): 629-631, figure 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 629-631, figure 1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.14.2, geounit Mozambique [details]
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Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality Indian Ocean, Inhaca Island, Mozambique [details]
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