A revision of the genus Alvinocaris Williams and Chace (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae), with descriptions of a new genus and a new species of Alvinocaris

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1111-1175

  Komai, Tomoyuki ^a   Segonzac, Michel ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Alvinocarididae; Alvinocaris; Caridea; Crustacea; Decapoda; Key to species; New genus; New species; Shinkaicaris

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST CHINA SEA; MINAMI-ENSEI KNOLL; OCEANIC REGIONS; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ALVINOCARIDIDAE; ALVINOCARIS; ALVINOCARIS LUSCA; ALVINOCARIS MARKENSIS; ALVINOCARIS STACTOPHILA; BRESILIOIDEA; CARIDEA; CHOROCARIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OPAEPELE; RIMICARIS;

EID: 13544270046     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930400002499     Document Type: Article

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