Richard's shrimp

Plesionika richardi

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth68–850 m
Water temperature10–30 °C
Best monthsJune
How commonOccasional

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

Loading the map

Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 9 records
February: 25 records
March: 59 records
April: 57 records
May: 87 records
June: 155 records
July: 50 records
August: 20 records
September: 54 records
October: 69 records
November: 90 records
December: 37 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 68–850 m · Deepest record: 5,230 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 9 records
50–60 m: 26 records
60–70 m: 23 records
70–80 m: 36 records
80–90 m: 12 records
90–100 m: 17 records
100–110 m: 30 records
110+ m: 521 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–30 °C

10–12 °C: 3 records
12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 44 records
18–20 °C: 79 records
20–22 °C: 147 records
22–24 °C: 128 records
24–26 °C: 99 records
26–28 °C: 89 records
28–30 °C: 112 records

Names and classification

English: Richard's shrimp

Names in 2 more languages

French: crevette de Richard
Japanese: カザリジンケンエビ

Other scientific names: Pandalus (Plesionica) gracilis, Pandalus (Stylopandalus) richardi, Parapandalus richardi, Parapandalus zurstrasseni, Plesionika nana, Stylopandalus richardi

Similar species

Gondwana striped shrimp
Plesionika alcocki
Plesionika bifurca
Soldier striped shrimp
Plesionika edwardsii
Plesionika grandis
Plesionika intermedia
Plesionika kensleyi

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).
729 open-data records from 1908 to 2016.

Log what you see on your next dive

The free DiveHive diver app keeps your logbook with every sighting and shows what lives at the site you dive next.

Join the waitlist