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Taxon
Gattya aglaopheniaformis (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1909)
Nomenclature
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Family: HalopterididaeGenus: Gattya
Species:
Gattya aglaopheniaformis (Mulder & Trebilcock, 1909)
Usage:
valid
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Synonyms: 1
SUMMARY
Hydrorhiza tubular. Stems to 7 mm long, beginning with an athecate internode with 1-3 pairs of cauline nematothecae; thecate internodes with a proximal hydrotheca, and 2 pairs of suprathecal nematothecae.
Hydrocladia arising from a small apophysis behind hydrotheca, the first pair opposite, first 2 hydrocladial internodes slender, short, athecate, 0.04-0.06 mm long, with transverse joints, distal internode longer, 0.07-0.09 mm, with 1 median nematotheca.
Hydrothecae 0.17-0.20 mm deep (lateral view), with broadly lobed margin 0.13-0.18 mm in diameter, the anterior and posterior lateral projections curving inwards over the aperture.