Wiry deep-sea shrimp

Hymenodora gracilis

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1,000–3,383 m
Water temperature-2–27 °C
Best monthsMay and June
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: 6 records
February: 12 records
March: 14 records
April: 5 records
May: 38 records
June: 59 records
July: 14 records
August: 7 records
September: 17 records
October: 7 records
November: 3 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1,000–3,383 m · Deepest record: 5,330 m

60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 0 records
160–170 m: 0 records
170+ m: 260 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–27 °C

-2–0 °C: 4 records
0–2 °C: 2 records
2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 2 records
8–10 °C: 6 records
10–12 °C: 6 records
12–14 °C: 19 records
14–16 °C: 35 records
16–18 °C: 96 records
18–20 °C: 11 records
20–22 °C: 33 records
22–24 °C: 38 records
24–26 °C: 8 records
26–28 °C: 17 records

Names and classification

English: Wiry deep-sea shrimp, wiry deep-sea shrimp

Names in 2 more languages

French: crevette nerveuse
Japanese: コマルヒオドシエビ

Similar species

Northern ambereye
Hymenodora glacialis
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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
279 open-data records from 1963 to 2017.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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