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caridean shrimp

13 Mariana Islands species photographed

All of the images presented here are still-frame images from ROV video obtained during the NOAA Okeanos Explorer’s 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas mission


Additional deep-sea caridean shrimp species reported from the Mariana Islands by Paulay et al. (2003):

Alvinocaridids

  • Rimicaris vandoverae (Martin & Hessler, 1990)

Disciadids

  • Discias musicus Holthuis, 1981

Pandalids

  • Heterocarpus dorsalis Bate, 1888
  • Heterocarpus gibbosus Bate, 1888
  • Heterocarpus lepidus de Man, 1917
  • Heterocarpus longirostris MacGilchrist, 1905
  • Heterocarpus sibogae de Man, 1917
  • Heterocarpus tricarinatus Alcock & Anderson, 1894
  • Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851)
  • Plesionika ensis (A. Milne Edwards, 1881)
  • Plesionika martia (A. Milne Edwards, 1883)
  • Plesionika ocellus (Bate, 1888)