original description
Desbruyères, Daniel; Laubier, Lucien. (1996). A new genus and species of ampharetid polychaete from deep-sea hydrothermal vent community in the Azores triple-junction area. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(2): 248-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644853
page(s): 248-249 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Amathys is an anagram of Samytha. Gender is male. However there was an existing similar-sounding anagram in the form of the genus Amythas authored by Benham. This has understandably been a source of confusion and error subsequently [G Read comment]. [details]