Bumblebee shrimp

About this species

Gnathophyllum americanum, commonly known as the striped bumblebee shrimp, is a species of shrimp that is common throughout tropical lagoons, bays, and reefs. Similar in coloration to a brightly coloured bumblebee, with blue highlights, the striped bumblebee shrimp can grow up to 1 inch (25 mm) in length.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gnathophyllum americanum”, 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: 24 records
February: 35 records
March: 28 records
April: 48 records
May: 38 records
June: 34 records
July: 42 records
August: 46 records
September: 32 records
October: 42 records
November: 33 records
December: 43 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–12 m · Deepest record: 25 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 24 records

Photos

(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bumblebee shrimp, bumblebee shrimp

Names in 2 more languages

German: Hummelgarnele
Japanese: ヨコシマエビ

Other scientific names: Gnathophyllum fasciolatum, Gnathophyllum minuscularium, Gnathophyllum pallidum, Gnathophyllum tridens, Gnathophyllum zebra

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Gnathophyllum taylori
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Eastern harlequin shrimp
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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.
48 open-data records from 1860 to 2014.