Common Sandprawn
Kraussillichirus kraussi
- Usual depth120–133 m
- Water temperature15–27 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Henry de Lange · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Kraussillichirus kraussi, commonly named the common sandprawn or pink prawn, is a species of ghost shrimp, an African crustacean in the family Callichiridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Kraussillichirus kraussi”, 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: 7 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 21 records
- May: 15 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 120–133 m · Deepest record: 142 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–27 °C
Photos
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Peter Southwood · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Common Sandprawn, common South-African sandprawn, pink ghost shrimp, pink prawn, sand prawn
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Gemeine Südafrikanische Sandgarnele
Other scientific names: Callianassa (Callianassa) kraussi, Callianassa (Callichirus) kraussi, Callianassa kraussi, Callichirus kraussi
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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).
- 62 open-data records from 1897 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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