Upogebia capensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Family: | Upogebiidae |
Genus: | Upogebia |
Species: | U. capensis |
Binomial name | |
Upogebia capensis (Krauss, 1843) | |
Upogebia capensis, or Cape mud shrimp, is a mud shrimp of the family Upogebiidae. [1] [2] [3] It is endemic to the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts of southern Africa and occurs from Namibia (Luderitz [3] ) to Mozambique. [2]
Upogebia capensis lives in a permanent burrow under stones on the open coast, but never in estuaries. It is similar to Upogebia africana , but the walking legs of capensis do not have spines at their bases. [3]
The Cape triplefin, Cremnochorites capensis, is a triplefin blenny of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Cremnochorites, found in the western Indian Ocean and southeast Atlantic, from Sodwana Bay to False Bay in South Africa. It reaches a maximum length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in). It is found below the low tide mark down to 30 metres (98 ft) on rocky reefs.
Upogebia africana is a mud shrimp of the family Upogebiidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts of southern Africa and occurs between Langebaan in South Africa and Inhambane in Mozambique.
The Cape elephantfish, josef, or St Joseph shark is a species of fish in the family Callorhinchidae.
Upogebia deltaura is a species of mud lobster from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Callianassa subterranea is a species of burrowing ghost shrimp. This species is known by such generic common names as "mud shrimp" and "ghost shrimp".
Atrina squamifera, one of several species known as the horse mussel, is a species of bivalve pen shell. It is a marine mollusc in the family Pinnidae. It is endemic to South Africa.
Venus verrucosa, the warty venus, is a species of saltwater clam. It is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, sometimes collectively known as the venus clams.
Nassarius capensis, common name the Cape dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Bunodosoma capensis, commonly known as the knobbly anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Actiniidae.
Rhabdosargus holubi, the Cape stumpnose, is a species of fish in the seabream family, Sparidae. It is native to southern Africa, where it can be found mainly along the eastern coast of South Africa.
The sun-burst soft coral is a species of colonial soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae. It is the only species known in the genus Malacacanthus.
The elegant feather star is a species of crinoid in the family Tropiometridae.
The crinoid shrimp, or feather star shrimpHippolyte catagrapha, is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae
Cirriformia capensis, commonly known as the orange thread-gilled worm, is a species of marine polychaete worm in the family Cirratulidae.
Anilocra capensis is a species of parasitic isopod in the family Cymothoidae. It is endemic to southern Africa. The species preferentially attaches itself to the hottentot.
The hottentot, also known as the hottentot seabream, is a species of sea bream in the family Sparidae, native to the southwestern coast of Africa.
Upogebia pugettensis, also known as the blue mud shrimp, is a species of mud lobster from the West Coast of North America.
Orthione griffenis, or Griffen's isopod, is an isopod parasite present in the waters off East Asia and the West Coast of North America.