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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  PDF available [request]
Note Juneau, Alaska, on an egg mass of the lithodid...  
From editor or global species database
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. (2025). 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 2025-05-14
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2005-03-22 12:34:23Z
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2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
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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  PDF available [request]

basis of record Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details] 

From editor or global species database
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]
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