Draft:Rimicaris exoculata

Rimicaris exoculata
	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
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

Distribution and habitat

Cluster on active smokers chimneys [1]

Ecology

Behaviour

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 (need to SUMMARIZE no quote)
More picky about temperature than Pompei worms (Alvinella pompejana)