About this species
Cuapetes elegans is a shrimp species in the genus Cuapetes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cuapetes elegans”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–6 m · Deepest record: 53 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- シオダマリカクレエビ
Other scientific names: Anchistia elegans, Kemponia elegans, Periclimenes (Falciger) dubius, Periclimenes elegans
Similar species
Mushroom Coral ShrimpCuapetes kororensis
Glass shrimpCuapetes tenuipes
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 131 open-data records from 1875 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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