Draft:Rimicaris exoculata
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Rimicaris exoculata | |
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They are alive!! Swarms of them!!! Swaaaaaarms! | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Alvinocarididae |
Genus: | Rimicaris |
Species: | R. exoculata
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Binomial name | |
Rimicaris exoculata Williams & Rona, 1986
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Rimicaris exoculata is a species of deep-sea shrimp in the family Alvinocarididae. They are found at high densities in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent system. (cite?) They are medium-sized shrimp, growing 4–5 centimetres (1.6–2.0 in) in length. ! CITE NEEDED!! which source!?
Physical description
[edit]Distribution and habitat
[edit]- Cluster on active smokers chimneys [1]
Ecology
[edit]Behaviour
[edit]- If dislodged from their place, they quickly return back to the ground (quote source "substratum") [1] and to the fluids from the chimney [1]
- They cluster around holes in the chimney which let out the hot fluids [1]
- Appear to need these holes/cracks: quote source 1
the availability of a substratum exposed to the flow of hydrothermal fluids appears to be a prerequisite for the development of these dense aggregations
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- Appear to need these holes/cracks: quote source 1
- They cluster around holes in the chimney which let out the hot fluids [1]
- More picky about temperature than Pompei worms (Alvinella pompejana)
Gallery
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Preserved specimen (paratype)
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Preserved specimen (paratype)
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References
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[[Category:Alvinocarididae]]