> It would be nice to have a type locality so that we can put a name on the
> ''biggest, badest, pinkest'' polychaete known.
The ICZN code (76.1.1) sez "... after transport by artificial means, the type
locality is the place from which the name-bearing type, or its wild progenitor,
began its unnatural journey."
Yeah right. I have always considered that rule to be one of the particularly
unhelpful pieces of obvious "advice" in the book. And absolutely useless in
the case of something growing on a ship hull that voyages from A to B, then
B to A, via XYZ. I suppose what they meant to say was the type locality is
definitely not the place where the animal finished its journey. Although in
theory that renders type localities incorrect for all those alien invaders which
were described from their new countries.
The mind boggles. But in this instance after some years with no further
information I think all Chris need do is make a good final attempt to narrow it
down without worrying too much - if it's just 'Vietnam' at the moment then so
be it. Someone will find out eventually.
My 2c.
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