Upogebia

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Order:Decapoda
Upogebia
Upogebia deltaura
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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 (, Earth") and βια (bia, "force"), meaning "underground digger."[2]

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