Alvinocarididae

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Alvinocarididae
Rimicaris kairei
Rimicaris kairei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Bresilioidea
Family: Alvinocarididae
Christoffersen, 1986
Genera

Alvinocaris
Chorocaris
Nautilocaris
Opaepele
Rimicaris
Shinkaicaris

Alvinocarididae is a family of shrimp. Carotenoid pigment has been found in their bodies.

[edit] Taxonomy note

This family previously also included the genus Mirocaris, which was recently given its own family: the Mirocarididae.