Lebbeus clarehannah
- Usual depth400–431 m
- Water temperature18–19 °C
- Best monthsNovember and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Lebbeus clarehannah is a species of shrimp discovered in 2005 off the southwest coast of Western Australia. Former NBA player Luc Longley won the rights to name the shrimp in an eBay auction. He named the shrimp after his daughter, Clare Hanna Longley, as a birthday present to her.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Lebbeus clarehannah”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 400–431 m · Deepest record: 430.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–19 °C
Names and classification
Similar species
Squat anemone shrimpThor amboinensis
toy shrimpHeptacarpus futilirostris
flexed shrimpHeptacarpus geniculatus
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).
- 8 open-data records from 2005 to 2015.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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