What is "gaussia"

Gaussia is a genus in the palm family, native to Mexico, Central America and the Greater Antilles. They are solitary, unarmed, and have pinnately compound leaves. The trees have enlarged bases and prop-roots.

There are five species in the genus—G. attenuata which is found in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, G. gomez-pompae which is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz, G. maya which is found in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, G. princeps which is found in western Cuba, and G. spirituana which is found in the Sierra de Jatibonico in east-central Cuba.

Gaussia may refer to:

• Gaussia (copepod), a copepod genus in the family Metridinidae and the order Calanoida
• Gaussia (plant), a palm genus in the family Arecaceae

Gaussia is a genus of copepods. It is a "characteristic genus of the mesopelagial", occurring at depths of . The genus Gaussia contains the following species:

• Gaussia asymmetrica T. K. S. Björnberg & Campaner, 1988
• Gaussia gadusae Sarkar, 2004
• Gaussia intermedia Defaye, 1998
• Gaussia melanotica Wolfenden, 1905
• Gaussia princeps (T. Scott, 1894) ( type species)
• Gaussia sewelli Saraswathy, 1973