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Decapoda - Caridea - Alvinocarididae - Rimicaris

Rimicaris variabilis (Komai & Tsuchida, 2015)

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World Distribution
Komai et al. (2016, Zootaxa) - Futuna 1477-1478 m, and previously Previously known from hydrothermal vents on three locations in the Southwest Pacific, viz., Manus Basin, North Fiji Basin and off Vanuatu, at depths of 1305–2480 m (Komai & Tsuchida 2005).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Deep Hydrothermal vent

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1305-2480 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Futuna - Komai et al., 2016: 307, DS “Nautile”, dive 1776, Kulo Lasi, Futuna, 14°55.0466’S, 177°14.9152’W, 1478 m, 12 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 2, 3 males (cl 4.8–7.2 mm), 1 female (cl 8.1 mm), 11 ovigerous females (cl 6.0–7.6 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-5030; dive 1777, same site, 14°56.5574’S, 177°15.0001’W, 1477 m, 13 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 4, 1 female (cl 5.4 mm), 3 ovigerous females (cl 5.3–5.9 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-5015; dive 1778, same site, 14°55.177’S, 177°14.9559’W, 1477 m, 15 September 2010, slurp gun, bottle 3, 6 ovigerous females (cl 5.6–8.5 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-5037. Futuna I cruise IFREMER, 2010, R/V Atalante, DS Nautile.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database