How deep does the Shrimp live?

The Shrimp (Plesionika richardi) is typically found at 0–3600 m.

Shrimp

Plesionika richardi

Group: Shrimp
Typical depth: 0–3600 m

A pelagic shrimp of the open water column, recorded from the surface down to an astonishing three thousand six hundred metres over soft mud. It drifts and swims through the deep rather than crawling, part of the vast community that lives between the seabed and the sunlit layers above.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Pandalidae › Plesionika

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 183350.

FAQ

How deep does the Shrimp live?: The Shrimp (Plesionika richardi) is typically found at 0–3600 m.