Spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp

Acanthephyra pelagica

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth280–1,763 m
Water temperature-0–28 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and October
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 17 records
February: 57 records
March: 54 records
April: 109 records
May: 207 records
June: 282 records
July: 106 records
August: 164 records
September: 145 records
October: 174 records
November: 139 records
December: 35 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 280–1,763 m · Deepest record: 5,330 m

0–10 m: 51 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 5 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 6 records
100–110 m: 15 records
110+ m: 1,554 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–28 °C

-2–0 °C: 2 records
0–2 °C: 43 records
2–4 °C: 10 records
4–6 °C: 5 records
6–8 °C: 10 records
8–10 °C: 30 records
10–12 °C: 71 records
12–14 °C: 42 records
14–16 °C: 52 records
16–18 °C: 58 records
18–20 °C: 35 records
20–22 °C: 16 records
22–24 °C: 19 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp, spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp

Names in 1 more languages

French: crevette pélagique

Other scientific names: Acanthephyra acanthitelsonis, Acanthephyra agassizzi, Acanthephyra rectirostris, Acanthephyra sica, Alpheus pelagicus, Ephyra Haeckelii, Ephyra pelagica

Similar species

Dressed deep-sea shrimp
Acanthephyra eximia
Purple deep-sea shrimp
Acanthephyra purpurea
Acanthephyra quadrispinosa
Sharp-nosed deep-sea shrimp
Acanthephyra acutifrons
Acanthephyra armata
Acanthephyra carinata

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,816 open-data records from 1885 to 2024.

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