Spotted Mantis Shrimp
Cloridopsis scorpio
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, July, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spotted Mantis Shrimp, Spotted Squillid Mantis Shrimp
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- オカヤマコクテンシャコ, コクテンシャコ, コクテンシャコ［オカヤマコクテンシャコ］
- Korean
- 민물갯가재
- Simplified Chinese
- 蝎形擬綠蝦蛄
Other scientific names: Cloridopsis aquilonaris, Squilla scorpio
Similar species
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).
- 10 open-data records from 1828 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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