A new genus and species of alvinocaridid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from hydrothermal vents on the North Fiji and Lau Basins, south-western Pacific

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1179-1188

  Komai, Tomoyuki ^a   Segonzac, Michel ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

LAU BASIN; NORTH FIJI BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ALVINOCARIDIDAE; ALVINOCARIS; CARIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MIROCARIS FORTUNATA;

EID: 10644250058     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010628h     Document Type: Article

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