Species under Upogebia
n= 35
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Upogebia acanthura
(Coelho, 1973)
Western Atlantic
Upogebia affinis
(Say, 1818)
Coastal mud shrimp Western Atlantic Ocean
Upogebia africana
(Ortmann, 1894)
Western Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic
Upogebia allobranchus
Ngoc-Ho, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia ancylodactyla
De Man, 1905
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia annae
Thistle, 1973
Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia barbata
(Strahl, 1862)
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia bowerbankii
(Miers, 1884)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Upogebia capensis
(Krauss, 1843)
Cape mud shrimp Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
Upogebia carinicauda
(Stimpson, 1860)
Indo-West Pacific
Upogebia darwinii
(Miers, 1884)
Indo-West Pacific
Upogebia deltaura
(Leach, 1815)
Northeast Atlantic
Upogebia edulis
Ngoc-Ho & Chan, 1992
Western Pacific
Upogebia felderi
Williams, 1993
Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia gracilis
Ngoc-Ho, 1990
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia holthuisi
Sakai, 1982
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia inomissa
Williams, 1993
Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia major
(De Haan, 1841)
Japanese mud shrimp Northwest Pacific 9.5
Upogebia marina
Coelho, 1973
Southwest Atlantic
Upogebia omissa
Gomes CorrĂȘa, 1968
Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia operculata
Schmitt, 1924
Operculate mud shrimp Western Atlantic Ocean
Upogebia ovalis
Ngoc-Ho, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia pseudochelata
Tattersall, 1921
Western Indian Ocean
Upogebia pugettensis
(Dana, 1852)
Blue mud shrimp Eastern Pacific 15
Upogebia pugnax
De Man, 1905
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia pusilla
(Petagna, 1792)
Mediterranenan mud shrimp Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Red Sea 8
Upogebia savignyi
(Strahl, 1862)
Western Indian Ocean
Upogebia singaporensis
Dworschak & Anker, 2022
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia spinistipula
Williams & Heard, 1991
Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia stellata
(Montagu, 1808)
Northeast Atlantic
Upogebia stenorhynchus
Ngoc-Ho, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Upogebia takaoensis
Sakai & Turkay, 1995
Northwest Pacific
Upogebia tipica
(Nardo, 1869)
Mediterranean Sea
Upogebia vasquezi
Ngoc-ho, 1989
Western Atlantic
Upogebia wuhsienweni
Yu, 1931
Chinese mud lobster Northwest Pacific
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