Smooth nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus laevigatus
- Usual depth465–885 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and May
- How commonRare
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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: 16 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 465–885 m · Deepest record: 1,229 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Smooth nylon shrimp, smooth nylon shrimp, Smooth Nylon Shrimp
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Glattschalige Kantengarnele
- Spanish
- Camarón nailón liso
- French
- Crevette nylon inerme, Crevette nylon inerme (La)
- Japanese
- マルゴシミノエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 滑異腕蝦
Similar species
- Madagascar nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus dorsalis
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).
- 136 open-data records from 1902 to 2025.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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