Report on two deep-water caridean shrimp species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae, Acanthephyridae) from the northeastern South China Sea Author Li, Xinzheng text Zootaxa 2015 3911 1 130 138 journal article 42353 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.8 564bc176-106a-417a-b562-71f5575d85e2 1175-5326 240506 00669CAD-D0A5-4DCA-B83D-407D908168EC Acanthephyra faxoni Calman, 1939 ( Fig. 6 ) Acanthephyra approxima Faxon, 1895: 162 (non Acanthephyra approxima Bate, 1888 ) Acanthephyra faxoni Calman, 1939 : 191 , text-fig. 1. Material examined. 1 male (CL= 27.73mm ), cold seep, Jiaolong Cold Seep I, ridge between continental shelf and slope, off Guangdong Province, China , southwest to Taiwan Island, northeastern South China Sea, 22°6.948’N , 119°17.116’E , 1138 m depth, collected with small net held by mechanical hand of “Jiaolong” submersible, collectors: Jian-wen Qiu and Xinzheng Li, 19 June 2013 . Distribution. South China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Zanzibar , Gulf of Panama , Galapagos Islands; 701–2133 m depth. Colouration. Body and appendages entirely red, eyes black (fig. 6). Remarks. The only male specimen agrees well with Calman’s (1939) description and illustrations. The species was not previously reported from the South China Sea. The colouration of the species is reported herewith for the first time. This species is probably a bathypelagic species.