Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Gebiidea > Family Upogebiidae > Genus Upogebia

Upogebia deltaura (Leach, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Upogebia*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name
*Bigea*	Nardo, 1869	synonym
*Gebia*	Leach, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Gebia deltaura*	Leach, 1816	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: harige molkreeft

Swedish: lerkräfta

Literature

basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
additional source	Sakai, K. (2006). Upogebiidae of the world (Decapoda, Thalassinidea. Crustaceana Monographs. 6: 1-185.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Upogebia deltaura (Leach, 1816). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107739