Alvinocarididae

Taxobox
name = Alvinocarididae


image_caption = "Rimicaris kairei"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Caridea
superfamilia = Bresilioidea
familia = Alvinocarididae
familia_authority = Christoffersen, 1986
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Alvinocaris"
"Chorocaris"
"Nautilocaris"
"Opaepele"
"Rimicaris"
"Shinkaicaris"

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

Taxonomy note

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