Upogebia wuhsienweni   Yu, 1931

Chinese mud lobster
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Upogebiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Subtropical; 38°N - 22°N, 116°E - 123°E (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest Pacific: China and Taiwan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Rostrum ending in 3 teeth, the lateral about half as long as the median. The carina behind the lateral teeth interrupted in the male. The grooves between central and lateral teeth wide and deep. Lower surface of the rostrum with a median row of 3 to 5 spines. Anterolateral border of the carapace with several small teeth behind the eye. The first pereiopods are subchelate. The dactylus in the adult male has a longitudinal row of tubercles at either surface. The palm shows an oblique carina in the anterior part of the inner surface near the base of the dactylus. The dorsal margin of the palm has a row of 9 or 10 small teeth. The merus has a subdistal anterodorsal spine. A spine is present on the coxa (Ref. 4).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It has lengths of 3.1 and 4.6 cm, described as measurements of young (Ref. 4). It probably burrows in the mud (Ref. 4).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.8 - 16.7, mean 15.3 (based on 44 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.