Decapoda - Caridea - Alvinocarididae - Alvinocaris
| Alvinocaris komaii Zelnio & Hourdez, 2009 |
World Distribution
Komai et al. (2016, Zootaxa) - Futuna 1406-1418 m, and previously only known from hydrothemal vents on the Lau Basin, North Fiji Basin and Nifonea vent site off Vanuatu, at depths of 1740–2750 m (Zelnio & Hourdez 2009; Komai & Tsuchida 2015).
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Deep Hydrothermal vent
Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1406-1418 m
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Futuna - Komai et al., 2016: 306, DS “Nautile”, dive 1774, Kulo Lasi, Futuna, 14°56.5472’S, 177°15.0061’W, 1418 m, 11 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 4, 2 specimens, MNHN-IU-2014-12698; dive 1776, Kulo Lasi, Futuna, 14°55.3514’S, 177°15.577’W, 1406 m, 12 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 3, 1 specimen, MNHN-IU-2014-12699. Futuna I cruise IFREMER, 2010, R/V Atalante, DS Nautile.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database