Alvinocaris alexander

Alvinocaris alexander
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification
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
Holotype site: Kermadec Islands [2]

Alvinocaris alexander is a species of hydrothermal vent shrimp in the family Alvinocarididae, and was first described in 2009 by Shane Ahyong, ^[3] from specimens found off the Kermadec Islands. ^[2] A. alexander closely resembles A. williamsi from the Menez Gwen site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. ^[3]

This species is found in the south west Pacific and is endemic to the hydrothermal vent fields off the Kermadec Islands. ^[4] 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). ^[3]

References

1. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 23. ISBN   978-1-99-118365-1 . Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. "Holotype site occurrence Detail 4055752312". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
3. Shane Ahyong (1 June 2009). "New Species and New Records of Hydrothermal Vent Shrimps from New Zealand (Caridea: Alvinocarididae, Hippolytidae)". Crustaceana . 82 (7): 775–794. doi:10.1163/156854009X427333. ISSN   0011-216X. JSTOR   27743336. Wikidata   Q54586700.
4. "Alvinocaris alexander Ahyong, 2009". www.sealifebase.ca.