The shrimp is endemic to one chamber of a Roman cistern, Ein-Nur octagonal pool (the private property of a monastery,[1] at 32°52′25″N 35°32′57″E﻿ / ﻿32.8736°N 35.5493°E﻿ / 32.8736; 35.5493Coordinates: 32°52′25″N 35°32′57″E﻿ / ﻿32.8736°N 35.5493°E﻿ / 32.8736; 35.5493), and a warm (27 °C or 81 °F),[5] sulphuric,[5] saline[1] subterranean spring that feeds it, at Tabgha,[6] on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.[3][7]