What Animal Lives Where

Where has the spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp been recorded?

Acanthephyra pelagica occurrence evidence comes from 275 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2022. Most records come from United States.

MalacostracaDecapodaAcanthephyridaeAcanthephyra

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

275 records across 30 countries and territories, 1883–2022.

Acanthephyra pelagica · GBIF taxon key 2222575

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18832022

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 96
Spain 16
New Zealand 15
Italy 13
Bahamas 12
Libya 6
South Africa 6
Chile 5
Cabo Verde 5
Greece 5
Mauritania 5
Canada 4
Czechia 4
Algeria 4
Western Sahara 4
Antarctica 2
Brazil 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2
Argentina 1
Australia 1
Bermuda 1
Cuba 1
Ecuador 1
United Kingdom 1
Gibraltar 1
Ireland 1
Iceland 1
Mexico 1
Niger 1
Portugal 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.