WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Desbruyères, D. and Laubier, L. 1982. Paralvinella grasslei, new genus, new species of Alvinellinae (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) from the Galapagos rift geothermal vents. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95(3): 484-494. page(s): 485 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Between 1993 and 2011 no new Alvinellidae taxa have been described. Further analysis within Alvinella and Paralvinella to justify adoption of subgenera (eg. Nautalvinella and Miralavinella within Paralvinella) is yet to be reported. [details]
Habitat Hydrothermal vent specialist [details]
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