| Upogebia | |
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| Upogebia deltaura | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Upogebiidae |
| Genus: | Upogebia Borradaile, 1903 |
| Species | |
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Upogebia is a genus of mud shrimp, in the family Upogebiidae, containing the following species: [1]
The generic name is from Greek ὑπό (hypo, "under"), γῆ (gē, Earth") and βια (bia, "force"), meaning "underground digger." [2]