Hairy Pistol Prawn

Alpheus villosus

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–105 m
Water temperature16–29 °C
Best monthsFebruary, March, and November
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 9 records
March: 9 records
April: 3 records
May: 5 records
June: 3 records
July: 3 records
August: 2 records
September: 3 records
October: 1 records
November: 6 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–105 m · Deepest record: 104.8 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 37 records
16–18 °C: 10 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 10 records
28–30 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

English: Hairy Pistol Prawn, Hairy snapping shrimp

Names in 1 more languages

French: Palémon velu

Other scientific names: Palaemon diversimanus, Palaemon villosus, Paralpheus diversimanus

Similar species

Petroglyph shrimp
Alpheus deuteropus
Coral snapping shrimp
Alpheus lottini
Japanese snapping shrimp
Alpheus japonicus
Brownbar snapping shrimp
Alpheus lobidens
Alpheus sulcatus
Alpheus acutocarinatus

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).
205 open-data records from 1928 to 2007.

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