A new genus and two new species of alvinocaridid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from a hydrothermal vent field off northeastern Taiwan

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2372, 2010, Pages 15-32

  Komai, Tomoyuki ^a   Chan, Tin Yam ^b  

^a Natural History Museum and Institute   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alvinocarididae; Alvinocaridides; Alvinocaris; Caridea; Crustacea; Decapoda; Hydrothermal vents; New genus; New species; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALVINOCARIDIDAE; ALVINOCARIS; ALVINOCARIS WILLIAMSI; CARIDEA; CHOROCARIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OPAEPELE; RIMICARIS; SHINKAICARIS;

EID: 77953825176     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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