Rimicaris, WILLIAMS & RONA, 1986

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 : 467

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Rimicaris
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GENUS RIMICARIS WILLIAMS & RONA, 1986 View in CoL

Since the original erection of this distinctive genus by Williams & Rona (1986) to accommodate Rimicaris exoculata , the genus description has been slightly modified twice. Martin & Hessler (1990) restricted the diagnosis (by removing Rimicaris chacei to their newly created genus Chorocaris ), and Watabe & Hashimoto (2002) expanded it slightly to accommodate R. kairei (see below). At least two described species ( R. aurantiaca and Iorania concordia ; see below) were later determined to be based on the juvenile form of R. exoculata . The report of Rimicaris from the PAC- MANUS site in the Manus Basin ( Hashimoto & Ohta, 1999) was apparently in error, as the genus has not been recorded to date from any of the western Pacific sites.

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