Alvinocaris komaii Zelnio & Hourdez, 2009

Komai, Tomoyuki, Menot, Lenaick & Segonzac, Michel, 2016, New records of caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda) from hydrothermally influenced fields off Futuna Island, Southwest Pacific, with description of a new species assigned to the genus Alvinocaridinides Komai & Chan, 2010 (Alvinocarididae), Zootaxa 4098 (2), pp. 298-310 : 306-307

Alvinocaris komaii Zelnio & Hourdez, 2009

Alvinocaris komaii Zelnio & Hourdez, 2009: 55 , figs 1–6 [type locality: Kilo Moana, Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Lau Basin, 2620 m].— Komai & Segonzac 2015: 29 , fig. 15.— Vereshchaka et al. 2015: 4, 15, figs 4–6.

Material examined. DS “Nautile”, dive 1774, Kulo Lasi, Futuna, 14°56.5472’S, 177°15.0061’W, 1418 m, 11 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 4, 2 specimens, MNHN-IU-2014-12698; dive 1776, Kulo Lasi, Futuna, 14°55.3514’S, 177°15.577’W, 1406 m, 12 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 3, 1 specimen, MNHN-IU-2014- 12699.

Distribution. Previously only known from hydrothemal vents on the Lau Basin, North Fiji Basin and Nifonea vent site off Vanuatu, at depths of 1740–2750 m ( Zelnio & Hourdez 2009; Komai & Tsuchida 2015).

Remarks. Alvinocaris komaii was observed and sampled in or at the immediate vicinity of a bush of the siboglinid tube worm Arcovestia ivanovi ( Fig. 6A ).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A, image showing individuals of Alvinocaris komaii Zelnio & Hourdez, 2009, living in a bush of the siboglinid tubeworm Arcovestia ivanovi Southward & Galkin, 1997; B, image showing the presence of Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009 together with Munidopsis lauensis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992, Echionelasmus ohtai Yamaguchi, 1990 and Pyrolycus manusanus Machida & Hashimoto, 2002 in the vicinity of the colony of tube worms. Both images taken at the caldera Kulo Lasi during DS “ Nautile ” dive 1777 - 05, 13 September 2010.