Upogebia africana
Encyclopedia
Upogebia africana is a mud shrimp
of the family
Upogebiidae
, endemic
to South Africa
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Mud shrimp
The term mud shrimp is used for a number of different mud-dwelling crustaceans:*Infraorder Thalassinidea, including genera such as Callianassa, Pestarella and Upogebia*Corophium volutator, an amphipod of the North Atlantic...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Upogebiidae
Upogebiidae
Upogebiidae is a family of mud shrimp in the order Decapoda.-Genera:*Acutigebia Sakai, 1982*Aethogebia A. B. Williams, 1993*Arabigebicula Sakai, 2006*Austinogebia Ngoc-Ho, 2001*Gebiacantha Ngoc-Ho, 1989*Gebicula Alcock, 1901...
, endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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