WoRMS taxon details
Alaysia Southward, 1991
324625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324625)
accepted
Genus
Alaysia spiralis Southward, 1991 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
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]
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]
Etymology Author: "The genus Alaysia (gender feminine) is named after Anne-Marie Alayse, the chief scientist on the BIOLAU cruise,...
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]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Alaysia Southward, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324625 on 2024-09-20
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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]
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]
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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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Japanese | アレイズハオリムシ属 | [details] |