Decapoda - Dendrobranchiata - Benthesicymidae - Bathicaris

Bathicaris iridescens (Spence Bate, 1881)



World Distribution
Felder 3200-3312 m. Sasaki 576-6500 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Pelagic or bathypelagic

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 576-6500 m

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Benthesicymus iridescens – GBIF 2023, French Guiana, Brazil Amapá [From Ifremer BIOCEAN database (Deep Sea Benthic Fauna), September 1980, id. A. Crosnier, 2 occurences, e.g. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/201109458].
Distribution/Habitat – Worldwide; Marine (pelagic, bathypelagic); 576–6500 m.
Remark – GBIF 2023 has also two records from the same dataset of Benthesicymus longipes Bouvier, 1906, accepted as Bathicaris iridescens (Spence Bate, 1881) in WoRMS (2023).

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