| Original name | |
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| Check ECoF | |
| Current accepted name |
Yes |
| Status |
Accepted name |
| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination |
| Status ref. | |
| Etymology of generic noun |
Derived from Lorax, name of a fictitious character, created by Theodor Seuss Geisel, that plights for the environment and from the Greek ichthys, meaning fish. Loraxichthys refers to the fish that speaks for other fishes. |
| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named for Alexandra Keane, a sustainability activist, currently a Political Sciences student at the College of Charleston. A noun in apposition |
| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
| Link to other databases |
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