| Common Name | Velvet shrimp |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Philippines |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | del Mundo, C.M., 2000 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st Modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'. |