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Family: Alvinocarididae (See list of species below)

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22 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Alvinocaris alexander []	No picture found Alvinocaris brevitelsonis []	No picture found Alvinocaris dissimilis []
No picture found Alvinocaris leurokolos []	No picture found Alvinocaris longirostris []	No picture found Alvinocaris lusca []
No picture found Alvinocaris markensis []	No picture found Alvinocaris methanophila []	No picture found Alvinocaris muricola []
No picture found Alvinocaris niwa []	No picture found Alvinocaris stactophila []	No picture found Alvinocaris williamsi []
No picture found Chorocaris chacei []	No picture found Chorocaris paulexa []	No picture found Chorocaris vandoverae []
No picture found Mirocaris fortunata []	No picture found Mirocaris indica []	No picture found Nautilocaris saintlaurentae []
No picture found Opaepele loihi []	No picture found Rimicaris exoculata []	No picture found Rimicaris kairei []
No picture found Shinkaicaris leurokolos []

22 Species of Family Alvinocarididae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alvinocaris alexander		Southwest Pacific
Alvinocaris brevitelsonis		Northwest Pacific.
Alvinocaris dissimilis		Northwest Pacific.
Alvinocaris leurokolos		Northwest Pacific.
Alvinocaris longirostris		Western Pacific
Alvinocaris lusca		Eastern Central Pacific.
Alvinocaris markensis		North Atlantic.
Alvinocaris methanophila		Northwest Atlantic.
Alvinocaris muricola		Western Central Atlantic.
Alvinocaris niwa		Southwest Pacific
Alvinocaris stactophila		Western Central Atlantic
Alvinocaris williamsi		Northeast Atlantic.
Chorocaris chacei		Atlantic Ocean.
Chorocaris paulexa		Southwest Pacific.
Chorocaris vandoverae		Western Central Pacific.
Mirocaris fortunata		Atlantic Ocean.
Mirocaris indica		Western Indian Ocean.
Nautilocaris saintlaurentae		Western Pacific
Opaepele loihi		Hawaii.
Rimicaris exoculata		Atlantic Ocean.
Rimicaris kairei		Western Indian Ocean.
Shinkaicaris leurokolos		Northwest Pacific.

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