What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Richard's shrimp been recorded?

Plesionika richardi occurrence evidence comes from 517 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1908 to 2006. Most records come from Indonesia.

MalacostracaDecapodaPandalidaePlesionika

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

517 records across 32 countries and territories, 1908–2006.

Plesionika richardi · GBIF taxon key 4309680

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. 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.

10 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

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

19082006

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

Where Richard's shrimp has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Richard's 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
Indonesia 65
Portugal 48
United States 44
Philippines 33
Australia 22
Cabo Verde 22
Mexico 17
Angola 5
Western Sahara 5
Spain 5
Barbados 4
Canada 4
Cuba 4
Gabon 4
Mauritania 4
Saint Helena 4
South Africa 4
ZZ 4
Bermuda 3
Dominican Republic 2
Nigeria 2
Senegal 2
Argentina 1
Colombia 1
Ghana 1
India 1
Jamaica 1
Sri Lanka 1
Panama 1
Suriname 1
British Virgin Islands 1
US Virgin Islands 1

Related animals

Others in the family Pandalidae.

Chilean nylon shrimp
1 records
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.