Biology:Alvinocaris alexander

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Short description: Species of crustaceans

Alvinocaris alexander
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alvinocarididae
Genus: Alvinocaris
Species:
A. alexander
Binomial name
Alvinocaris alexander
Ahyong, 2009
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Holotype site: Kermadec Islands[1]

Alvinocaris alexander is a species of hydrothermal vent shrimp in the family Alvinocarididae, and was first described in 2009 by Shane Ahyong,[2] from specimens found off the Kermadec Islands.[1] A. alexander closely resembles A. williamsi from the Menez Gwen site on the mid-Atlantic ridge.[2]

This species is found in the south west Pacific and is endemic to the hydrothermal vent fields off the Kermadec Islands.[3] In the Rumble V seamount it is found at depths of 367–520 metres (1,204–1,706 feet) and in the Brothers Caldera at depths of 1,196–1,346 m (3,924–4,416 ft).[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13308995 entry