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A new genus and species of caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alvinocarididae) from North Atlantic hydrothermal vents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. L. Vereshchaka
Affiliation:
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasikova Street 23, Moscow 117851, Russia

Extract

Iorania concordia gen. nov., sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda) belonging to the family Alvinocarididae is described from the Mid Atlantic Ridge, TAG location (26°09'N 44°50'W). The taxonomic position in the family and distinguishing characters (rostrum, armature of telson, form of first maxilliped) of the new genus are presented, and a possible evolutionary feeding hierarchy within the family is suggested. A key is given to the genera of the Alvinocarididae.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1996

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