toy shrimp
Heptacarpus futilirostris
- Usual depth5–11 m
- Water temperature20–22 °C
- Best monthsApril and June
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by りなべる · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–11 m · Deepest record: 10.8 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–22 °C
Names and classification
- English
- toy shrimp
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- Camarón capricho
- French
- Bouc caprice
- Japanese
- アシナガモエビモドキ
- Korean
- 절좁은뿔꼬마새우
- Simplified Chinese
- 長足七腕蝦
Other scientific names: Nauticaris futilirostris
Similar species
flexed shrimpHeptacarpus geniculatus
Squat anemone shrimpThor amboinensis
- Deepsea eualid
Eualus biunguis
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).
- 8 open-data records from 1984 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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