Eugonatonotus chacei
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Mikawa shrimp have spines along the long projection on their head and back.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Eugonatonotus chacei
- Scientific name
- Eugonatonotus chacei
- Japanese name
- ミカワエビ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Eugonatonotidae
- Genus
- Eugonatonotus
It lives in the Pacific, including Suruga Bay and the Kumano Sea, and in the Indo-West Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- The Pacific Ocean, Suruga Bay, Kumano-nada, and Indian and western Pacific Oceans
Where the Eugonatonotus chacei has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ミカワエビ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ミカワエビChecked: 2026-11-04
- 名古屋港水族館 — ミカワエビ＝かわいい！Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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