Madagascar nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus dorsalis
- Usual depth543–1,170 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsMay and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 36 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 43 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 543–1,170 m · Deepest record: 1,401 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Madagascar nylon shrimp
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Camarón nailón malgache
- French
- Crevette nylon malgache
- Japanese
- トゲミノエビ
Other scientific names: Heterocarpus affinis, Heterocarpus alphonsi
Similar species
- Humpback nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus gibbosus
- Indian nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus woodmasoni
- Richard's shrimp
Plesionika richardi
- Gondwana striped shrimp
Plesionika alcocki
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).
- 253 open-data records from 1888 to 2018.
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