Distribution and abundance of the deep-water shrimps Nematocarcinus occurring off western Mexico were analysed. One or two species were captured in 33% of the samples obtained between 122 and 2340 m depth. The first species, Nematocarcinus faxoni, was

Two new species of the caridean genus Nematocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 are reported from deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. Nematocarcinus burukovskyi n. sp. is provisionally assigned to Nematocarcinus , but is clearly distinguished

During two scientific expeditions in the South China Sea and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge area, several specimens of thread-leg shrimp were collected from deep waters. Amongst them, three species, Nematocarcinus evansi Burukovsky, 2000, N. exilis (Spence