Squat urchin shrimp

Gnathophylloides mineri

Crustaceans

Usual depth1–92 m
Water temperature22–28 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and July
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, 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: 6 records
March: 12 records
April: 12 records
May: 6 records
June: 6 records
July: 13 records
August: 7 records
September: 5 records
October: 5 records
November: 3 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–92 m · Deepest record: 92 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–28 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Squat urchin shrimp, squat urchin shrimp

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: マガタマエビ

Similar species

Peacock-tail Anemone Shrimp
Ancylocaris brevicarpalis
Magnificent Anemone Shrimp
Ancylomenes magnificus
Twoclaw shrimp
Brachycarpus biunguiculatus
Eastern harlequin shrimp
Hymenocera picta
Brown glass shrimp
Leander tenuicornis
Flattened shrimp
Harpiliopsis depressa

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.
7 open-data records from 1933 to 2006.

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