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Tharyx alaskensis Blake, 2015

834165  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:834165)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Cirratuliformia (Suborder)
  9. Cirratulidae (Family)
  10. Tharyx (Genus)
  11. Tharyx alaskensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
recent only
Blake, James A. (2015). New species of <em>Chaetozone</em> and <em>Tharyx</em> (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic and the Northeastern Pacific, including a description of the lectotype of <em>Chaetozone</em> <em>setosa</em> Malmgren from Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3919(3): 501-552., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3919.3.5
page(s): 533-536, figs. 19A-F, 20A-C [details] 
Holotype  LACM Poly 6554, geounit Beaufort Sea -...  
Holotype LACM Poly 6554, geounit Beaufort Sea - continental coast and shelf [details]
, Note Prudhoe Bay, Beaufort Sea, 70.4017 -148.5383,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Prudhoe Bay, Beaufort Sea, 70.4017 -148.5383, 2.5 m [details]
Distribution Alaska, Beaufort Sea, shallow subtidal to 128 m offshore  
Distribution Alaska, Beaufort Sea, shallow subtidal to 128 m offshore [details]

Etymology Named after Alaska, where the species occurs and appears to be endemic.  
Etymology Named after Alaska, where the species occurs and appears to be endemic. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tharyx alaskensis Blake, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834165 on 2025-07-06
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2015-02-18 10:14:20Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Blake, James A. (2015). New species of <em>Chaetozone</em> and <em>Tharyx</em> (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic and the Northeastern Pacific, including a description of the lectotype of <em>Chaetozone</em> <em>setosa</em> Malmgren from Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3919(3): 501-552., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3919.3.5
page(s): 533-536, figs. 19A-F, 20A-C [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype LACM Poly 6554, geounit Beaufort Sea - continental coast and shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Alaska, Beaufort Sea, shallow subtidal to 128 m offshore [details]

Etymology Named after Alaska, where the species occurs and appears to be endemic. [details]

Type locality Prudhoe Bay, Beaufort Sea, 70.4017 -148.5383, 2.5 m [details]
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