Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–21 °C
Names and classification
Similar species
Bumblebee shrimpGnathophyllum americanum
Common prawnPalaemon serratus
Peacock-tail Anemone ShrimpAncylocaris brevicarpalis
Magnificent Anemone ShrimpAncylomenes magnificus
Twoclaw shrimpBrachycarpus biunguiculatus
Eastern harlequin shrimpHymenocera picta
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.
- 6 open-data records from 1953 to 2010.
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