Iso shrimp
Eualus sinensis
- Water temperature20°C
- Best monthsApril, May, and June
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 31 records
- May: 29 records
- June: 29 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20°C
Names and classification
- English
- Iso shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Camarón iso
- French
- Bouc iso
- Japanese
- イソモエビ
- Korean
- 갯가꼬마새우
Other scientific names: Spirontocaris sinensis
Similar species
- Deepsea eualid
Eualus biunguis
Squat anemone shrimpThor amboinensis
toy shrimpHeptacarpus 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).
- 106 open-data records from 1986 to 2020.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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