Green coral shrimp
Coralliocaris graminea
- Usual depth0–12 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, June, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ria Qorina Lubis, 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: 3 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–12 m · Deepest record: 12 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Photos
(c) Matt B, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) evannazareth, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Green coral shrimp
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Crevette verte du corail
- Japanese
- クサイロモシオエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 翠條珊瑚蝦
Other scientific names: Coralliocaris inaequalis, Oedipus gramineus
Similar species
- Superb coral shrimp
Coralliocaris superba
Peacock-tail Anemone ShrimpAncylocaris brevicarpalis
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).
- 60 open-data records from 1852 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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