Indian nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus woodmasoni
- Usual depth250–655 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 15 records
- February: 56 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 250–655 m · Deepest record: 762.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Indian nylon shrimp
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Camarón nailón indio
- French
- Crevette nylon indienne
- Japanese
- セビレミノエビ
- Simplified Chinese
- 強刺異腕蝦
Other scientific names: Heterocarpus wood-masoni
Similar species
- Madagascar nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus dorsalis
- Humpback nylon shrimp
Heterocarpus gibbosus
- 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).
- 212 open-data records from 1901 to 2016.
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