Family Upogebiidae Borradaile 1903 (mud shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Upogebiidae

Synonyms: Gebiadae Haworth 1825, Gebidae Dana 1852, Kuwaitupogebiidae Sakai et al. 2015

Parent taxon: Gebiidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also De Grave et al. 2009, Hegna et al. 2020, Karasawa 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Axianassidae, Laomediidae, Thalassinidae

Subtaxa: Acutigebia Austinogebia Gebiacantha Neogebiculinae Upogebia

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Type: Upogebia

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Japan (12), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Paleogene of Belgium (1)

• Cretaceous of France (1)

• Triassic of France (1)

Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences

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