How deep does the Long-Horned Skeleton Shrimp live?

The Long-Horned Skeleton Shrimp (Aeginina longicornis) is typically found at 0–2258 m.

Long-Horned Skeleton Shrimp

Aeginina longicornis

Group: Shrimp
Typical depth: 0–2258 m

A spindly amphipod that holds itself stiff like a twig, the long horned skeleton shrimp clings to silty sand across an enormous depth range, from the shoreline down past 2,000 metres. It feeds on deposited material, gripping the bottom with hooked rear limbs while it sways in the current.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Amphipoda › Caprellidae › Aeginina

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 101820.

FAQ

How deep does the Long-Horned Skeleton Shrimp live?: The Long-Horned Skeleton Shrimp (Aeginina longicornis) is typically found at 0–2258 m.