Trident shrimp
Hadropenaeus lucasii
- Usual depth212–577 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
About this species
Hadropenaeus lucasii, commonly known by the FAO as the trident shrimp, is a species of decapod belonging to the family Solenoceridae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, from Madagascar to Japan as well as Indonesia and Hawaii, at a depth of 180 to 500 m.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hadropenaeus lucasii”, 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: 2 records
- February: 48 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 17 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 212–577 m · Deepest record: 707 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Trident shrimp, trident shrimp
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- camarón tridente
- French
- salicoque trident
- Japanese
- コワクダヒゲエビ
- Korean
- 매끈대롱수염새우
- Simplified Chinese
- 蘆卡厚對蝦
Other scientific names: Haliporus malhaensis, Philonicus lucasii, Solenocera lucasii
Similar species
- Pink prawn
Haliporoides sibogae
- veiled shrimp
Hymenopenaeus equalis
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 299 open-data records from 1881 to 2007.
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