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Sonatsa
Anatomy of S. meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Family:	Maldanidae
Genus:	Sonatsa Chamberlin, 1919
Species:	S. meridionalis
Binomial name
Sonatsa meridionalis Chamberlin, 1919

Sonatsa is a genus of marine, mud-dwelling polychaete worms containing the sole species Sonatsa meridionalis. S. meridionalis was described in 1919 by Ralph Vary Chamberlin from a single specimen collected by the research ship USS Albatross during a 1904–05 survey of the southeast Pacific Ocean. The type specimen was collected between Peru and the Galapagos Islands, from muddy sediment at a depth of around 4 km. The name Sonatsa derives from the Goshute words soma, meaning "many", and natsani, meaning "hook", while the specific name meridionalis is Latin for "southern".

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Sonatsa meridionalis Chamberlin, 1919. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2015) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331954 on 2016-01-06
2. Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). "The Annelida Polychaeta". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 415–418.

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