Acanthacaris, BATE, 1888

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 499

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GENUS ACANTHACARIS BATE, 1888

Remarks: According to Holthuis (1991), the genus Acanthacaris currently contains only two known species, both from the deep sea. Watabe & Miyake (2000) mentioned the presence of ‘ Acanthacaris cf. tenuimana ’ at the Hatama Knoll (Okinawa Trough). If verified as true A. tenuimana Bate, 1888 , the find would be well within the known range of this species, which was given by Holthuis (1991) as ‘Indo-West Pacific area (Natal, Mozambique, Madagascar, Laccadive Islands, Japan, Philippines, South China Sea, Indonesia, New Caledonia).’ The other species of the genus, Acanthacaris caeca A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 , is restricted to the western Atlantic (Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida; Holthuis, 1991). The report by Watabe & Miyake (2000) is the only record of the genus from any vent or seep site.

References

Bate CS. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macroura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76, 24: i - xc, 1 - 942.

Holthuis LB. 1991. Marine lobsters of the world: an annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis 125, FAO Species Catalogue vol. 13. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Milne-Edwards A. 1881. Description de quelques Crustaces Macoures provenant des grandes profondeurs de la mer des Antilles. Annals des Sciences naturelles, serie VI, Zoologie 11 (4): 1 - 16.

Watabe H, Miyake H. 2000. Decapod fauna of the hydrothermally active and adjacent fields on the Hatoma Knoll, southern Japan. JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea Research 17: 29 - 34 [in Japanese with English summary].