ALVINOCARIDIDAE CHRISTOFFERSEN, 1986
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x |
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ALVINOCARIDIDAE CHRISTOFFERSEN, 1986 |
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FAMILY ALVINOCARIDIDAE CHRISTOFFERSEN, 1986 View in CoL
Remarks: Many shrimp species now treated as members of the Alvinocarididae (see Martin & Davis, 2001; Komai & Segonzac, 2003) were initially treated as members of the family Bresiliidae . However, the caridean family Bresiliidae Calman, 1896 , in which Rimicaris , Alvinocaris and Chorocaris were originally placed, has now been restricted to the comparatively shallow-water genera Encantada , Bresilia , Agostocaris (sometimes treated as a member of its own family, the Agostocarididae ), Pseudocheles , Kirnasia , Lucaya , Tridiscias and Discias , with Discias sometimes treated under the family Disciadidae (e.g. see Martin & Hessler, 1990; Holthuis, 1993; Martin & Davis, 2001; Calado, Chevaldonné & dos Santos, 2004), and with the vent-endemic genera now transferred to the Alvinocarididae (see above and also Christoffersen, 1986; Segonzac et al., 1993, footnote; Martin & Davis, 2001; Komai & Segonzac, 2003). The family Bresiliidae is therefore not currently represented at any hydrothermal vent or seep site.
The family Mirocarididae Vereshchaka, 1997 , created by Vereshchaka (1997b) to accommodate the genus Mirocaris and two species, M. fortunata and M. keldyshi (which have since been synonymized; see under M. keldyshi ), was synonymized with the Alvinocarididae by Komai & Segonzac (2003).
The family Alvinocarididae , initially established by Christoffersen (1986) and later modified (see Komai & Segonzac, 2003), currently includes the genera Alvinocaris , Rimicaris , Chorocaris , Mirocaris , Nautilocaris and Opaepele . We are aware of ongoing (unpublished) descriptions of additional species of Alvinocaris , Chorocaris and Mirocaris as of this writing (see below). Additionally, one of the currently described species of Alvinocaris from the Okinawa Trough was recently transferred to a newly recognized genus, Shinkaicaris , by Komai & Segonzac (2005a).
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