hiː nˈeɪmd ðə nˈuː mˌɑːnoʊspɪsˈɪfɪk dʒˈɛnəs wɛn hiː dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ɪts tˈaɪp spˈiːsiːz, ænd ðˈɛn ˈoʊnli spˈiːsiːz, eɪˈɑːkəz kɹˈɛfti, wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn kəlˈɛktᵻd fɹʌm ɐ dˈɛpθ ʌv ɔnðə kˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl slˈoʊp ˈɔf ɡˈɑːlfoʊ sˌæn hˈoːɹheɪ, ˌɑːɹdʒəntˈiːnə.
He named the new monospecific genus when he described its type species, and then only species, Aiakas kreffti, which had been collected from a depth of  on the continental slope off Golfo San Jorge, Argentina.