Standard lucifer prawn

Lucifer typus

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–212 m
Water temperature15–30 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 21 records
February: 4 records
March: 7 records
April: 62 records
May: 160 records
June: 80 records
July: 67 records
August: 28 records
September: 4 records
October: 32 records
November: 3 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–212 m · Deepest record: 1,150 m

0–10 m: 118 records
10–20 m: 4 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 24 records
50–60 m: 105 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 17 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110+ m: 99 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C

14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 25 records
20–22 °C: 35 records
22–24 °C: 196 records
24–26 °C: 130 records
26–28 °C: 48 records
28–30 °C: 16 records

Names and classification

English: Standard lucifer prawn, standard lucifer prawn

Names in 4 more languages

French: gamba des monts sous-marins
Japanese: ユメエビ
Korean: 전형창새우
Simplified Chinese: 正型瑩蝦

Other scientific names: Leucifer reynaudii, Leucifer typus, Leucifer uracanthus, Lucifer acestra, Lucifer acicularis, Lucifer batei, Lucifer bonitensis, Lucifer clausi, Lucifer zybrantsii

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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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
534 open-data records from 1837 to 2023.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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