Indian Ocean lobsterette
Nephropsis stewarti
- Usual depth277–777 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 9 records
- February: 31 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 277–777 m · Deepest record: 1,050.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Indian Ocean lobsterette, Stewart's scampi
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- cigala del Oceano Indico, Cigala del Oceano lndico
- French
- langoustine indienne
- Japanese
- okina-ebi, オキナエビ
Similar species
- Spinetail lobsterette
Nephropsis acanthura
- Gladiator lobsterette
Nephropsis ensirostris
- Grooved lobsterette
Nephropsis sulcata
- Prickly deep-sea lobster
Acanthacaris tenuimana
- Andaman lobster
Metanephrops andamanicus
- China lobster
Metanephrops sinensis
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).
- 125 open-data records from 1872 to 2020.
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