WoRMS taxon details
original description
Southward, Eve C. (1991). Three new species of Pogonophora, including two vestimentiferans, from hydrothermal sites in the Lau Back-arc Basin (Southwest Pacific Ocean. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 25(4): 859-881., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222939100770571 page(s): 874; note: Genus for Alaysia spiralis, from type locality: 22°32'S, 176°43'W, depth 1887-1890 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Author: "The genus Alaysia (gender feminine) is named after Anne-Marie Alayse, the chief scientist on the BIOLAU cruise, and the specific name spiralis describes the tube (from Latin spira a coil)." [details]
Grammatical gender Alaysia is feminine, named after Anne-Marie Alayse [details]
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