Petta (annelid)

For the invalid moth genus, see Auchmophoba.

Petta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Pectinariidae
Genus: Petta
Malmgren, 1866
Species

8, see text

Petta is a genus in the polychaete family Pectinariidae.

Systematics

There are currently eight recognized species in the genus[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Read G, Fauchald K, eds. (2014). "Petta Malmgren, 1866". World Polychaeta Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ^ Zhang, Jinghuai; Hutchings, Pat; Kupriyanova, Elena (10 June 2019). "A revision of the genus Petta Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Pectinariidae), with two new species from deep waters of southeastern Australia, and comments on phylogeny of the family". Zootaxa. 4614 (2): 303. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4614.2.3. PMID 31716379. S2CID 196656276.
  3. ^ Zhang, Jinghuai; Hutchings, Pat (29 October 2021). "A new species of Petta (Annelida, Pectinariidae), with comments on Petta assimilis McIntosh, 1885". ZooKeys (1067): 83–92. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1067.72596. PMC 8571246. PMID 34759720 – via Pensoft.


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