Rimicaris kairei
Rimicaris exoculata, showing eyes on its back

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bresilioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Bresilioidea

Familia: Alvinocarididae
Genus: Rimicaris
Species (3): R. exoculata R. hybisae R. kairei

Name

Rimicaris Williams & Rona, 1986

Synonyms

Type species

  • Rimicaris Williams & Rona: Rimicaris exoculata Williams & Rona, 1986
  • Iorania Vereshchaka: Iorania concordia Vereshchaka, 1996 [=Rimicaris exoculata Williams & Rona, 1986]

References

  • Komai, T. & Segonzac, M. 2008. Taxonomic review of the hydrothermal vent shrimp genera Rimicaris Williams & Rona and Chorocaris Martin & Hessler (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae). Journal of shellfish research 27(1): 21–41. DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[21:TROTHV]2.0.CO;2
  • Watabe, H. & Hashimoto, J. 2002. A new species of the genus Rimicaris (Alvinocarididae: Caridea: Decapoda) from the active hydrothermal vent field, "Kairei Field", on the Central Indian Ridge, the Indian Ocean. Zoological science 19: 1167–1174. PDF
  • Williams, A.B. & Rona, P.A. 1986. Two new caridean shrimps (Bresiliidae) from a hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of crustacean biology 6: 446–462.
  • Connelly, D.P. et al. 2012. Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre. Nature communications 3:620 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1636 [e-only]

Vernacular names

日本語: カイレイツノナシオハラエビ
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