Heterosquilla tricarinata

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–1 m
Water temperature11–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember, October, and December
How commonRare

Photo credit: no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

About this species

Heterosquilla tricarinata is a species of mantis shrimp in the family Tetrasquillidae. It is found in both the Indo-West Pacific, Andaman Islands and throughout New Zealand.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Heterosquilla tricarinata”, 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: 8 records
February: 8 records
March: 3 records
April: 5 records
May: 6 records
June: 4 records
July: 0 records
August: 7 records
September: 10 records
October: 9 records
November: 3 records
December: 10 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 225 m

0–10 m: 16 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 11–29 °C

10–12 °C: 4 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 9 records
16–18 °C: 17 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

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Names and classification

Other scientific names: Coronis spinosa, Coronis tricarinata, Lysiosquilla spinosa, Squilla indefensa

Similar species

Heterosquilla laevis
Heterosquilla koning
Heterosquilla trifida
Northern Mantis Shrimp
Pariliacantha georgeorum
Acaenosquilla brazieri
Colubrisquilla dempsey

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).
36 open-data records from 1871 to 2026.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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