Japanese ghost shrimp
Neotrypaea japonica
- Water temperature14–22 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–22 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Japanese ghost shrimp
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- nihon-suna-moguri, ニホンスナモグリ
- Korean
- 쏙붙이
Other scientific names: Callianassa (Trypaea) japonica, Callianassa japonica, Nihonotrypaea japonica, Trypaea japonica
Similar species
- flower ghost shrimp
Neotrypaea petalura
- Sandy Ghost Shrimp
Arenallianassa arenosa
- Muddy Ghost Shrimp
Biffarius limosus
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).
- 129 open-data records from 2007 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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