Erugosquilla woodmasoni
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober, November, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) insect ID, 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: 7 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ナンキシャコ
- Simplified Chinese
- 伍氏平蝦蛄
Other scientific names: Oratosquilla jakartensis, Oratosquilla tweediei, Oratosquilla woodmasoni, Squilla woodmasoni, Squilla wood-masoni
Similar species
Mantis shrimpOratosquilla oratoria
Spotted Mantis ShrimpCloridopsis scorpio
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).
- 125 open-data records from 1911 to 2006.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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