Where has the Fire-breathing Shrimp been recorded?

Acanthephyra purpurea occurrence evidence comes from 535 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2022. Most records come from United States.

• 535 records
• 30 places
• 52 years recorded
• Malacostraca class

Observation evidence passport

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

Peak month: July. 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

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

Where Fire-breathing Shrimp has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Fire-breathing 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.