Northern ambereye

Hymenodora glacialis

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth600–3,920 m
Water temperature-2–28 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Leïla Brunner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Hymenodora glacialis, commonly known as the Northern deep-sea shrimp or the Northern ambereye, is a species of pelagic shrimp in the Acanthephyridae family. It is the only known species of pelagic shrimp to inhabit the Canada Basin.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Hymenodora glacialis”, 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: 1 records
February: 4 records
March: 2 records
April: 6 records
May: 30 records
June: 21 records
July: 21 records
August: 36 records
September: 47 records
October: 204 records
November: 48 records
December: 19 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 600–3,920 m · Deepest record: 10,000 m

0–10 m: 1 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: 2 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 507 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–28 °C

-2–0 °C: 295 records
0–2 °C: 62 records
2–4 °C: 3 records
4–6 °C: 16 records
6–8 °C: 9 records
8–10 °C: 34 records
10–12 °C: 9 records
12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 17 records
16–18 °C: 26 records
18–20 °C: 16 records
20–22 °C: 15 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 16 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Northern ambereye, Northern deep-sea shrimp, northern ambereye, Northern Ambereye, Northern Ambereye Shrimp, northern deep-sea shrimp

Names in 2 more languages

French: crevette glaciale
Japanese: マルミゾヒオドシエビ

Other scientific names: Hymenodora glauca, Hymenodora mollicutis, Pasiphaë glacialis

Similar species

Wiry deep-sea shrimp
Hymenodora gracilis
Dressed deep-sea shrimp
Acanthephyra eximia
Spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp
Acanthephyra pelagica
Purple deep-sea shrimp
Acanthephyra purpurea
Acanthephyra quadrispinosa
Acanthephyra smithi

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).
644 open-data records from 1900 to 2024.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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