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
page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Other
From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name is derived by adding the Latin suffix -inus ( =belonging to) to the name alaxa (=Alaska) and refers to the geographic location from which the new form comes. [details]