Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Caridea > Superfamily Bresilioidea > Family Alvinocarididae

Rimicaris Williams & Rona, 1986

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chorocaris*	Martin & Hessler, 1990	synonym

Children

Rimicaris chacei Williams & Rona, 1986
Rimicaris exoculata Williams & Rona, 1986

Literature

original description	Williams, A. B.; Rona, P. A. (1986). Two new caridean shrimps (Bresiliidae) from a hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 6: 446-462.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
source of synonymy	Vereshchaka, A. L.; Kulagin, D. N.; Lunina, A. A. (2015). Phylogeny and New Classification of Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Shrimps of the Family Alvinocarididae (Decapoda). PLOS ONE. 10(7): e0129975.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Rimicaris Williams & Rona, 1986. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107001