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Upogebia stellata

Upogebia stellata

Classification

Upogebia stellata is a species of mud shrimp in the family Upogebiidae. Description Upogebia stellata is up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long; it is yellow-white, sometimes with orange spots. Its anatomy is described thus: carapace with strong cervical groove anterior lateral border has a small ocular spine hairy rostrum chelipeds equal in size, long and slender ventral margin of manus has dense rows of hairs outer extremity of carpus has a long spine The specific name stellata means "starred" in Latin, referring to the spots on its body.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Denmark · 5Norway · 3