Deepsea eualid

Eualus biunguis

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth316–1,289 m
Water temperature5–18 °C
Best monthsJune and July
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: 0 records
February: 2 records
March: 1 records
April: 1 records
May: 0 records
June: 17 records
July: 25 records
August: 3 records
September: 9 records
October: 9 records
November: 1 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 316–1,289 m · Deepest record: 1,768 m

50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 1 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 0 records
160+ m: 75 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 5–18 °C

4–6 °C: 18 records
6–8 °C: 8 records
8–10 °C: 31 records
10–12 °C: 29 records
12–14 °C: 5 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 7 records
18–20 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Deepsea eualid, Two-spined shrimp, deepsea eualid, two-spined shrimp

Names in 3 more languages

French: crevette à deux épines
Japanese: ハサミモエビ
Korean: 집게발꼬마새우

Other scientific names: Spirontocaris biunguis

Similar species

Eualus cteniferus
Eualus gracilirostris
Eualus kuratai
Iso shrimp
Eualus sinensis
Squat anemone shrimp
Thor amboinensis
toy shrimp
Heptacarpus futilirostris

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).
151 open-data records from 1888 to 2019.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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