WoRMS taxon details
Alaxinus oclairi Gibson, Wickham & Kuris, 1990
147971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147971)
accepted
Species
marine
Gibson, R.; Wickham, D. E.; Kuris, A. M. (1990). A new genus and species of monostiliferoidean nemertean (Nemertea: Enopla) found on an egg mass of the anomuran decapod <i>Paralithodes camtschatica</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 98(2): 185–198., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01215.x [details] Available for editors 
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Note Juneau, Alaska, on an egg mass of the lithodid...
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Type locality Juneau, Alaska, on an egg mass of the lithodid anomuran, Paralithodes camtschatica. [details]
Etymology The species is named after its finder, Dr C. O’Clair.
Etymology The species is named after its finder, Dr C. O’Clair. [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Alaxinus oclairi Gibson, Wickham & Kuris, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147971 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Gibson, R.; Wickham, D. E.; Kuris, A. M. (1990). A new genus and species of monostiliferoidean nemertean (Nemertea: Enopla) found on an egg mass of the anomuran decapod <i>Paralithodes camtschatica</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 98(2): 185–198., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01215.x [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
[request]basis of record Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
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Etymology The species is named after its finder, Dr C. O’Clair. [details]Holotype Holotype, male, complete series of transverse and oblique sections, deposited with the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Catalogue Number USNM 121375.
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Type locality Juneau, Alaska, on an egg mass of the lithodid anomuran, Paralithodes camtschatica. [details]
