Malacostraca - Decapoda - Upogebiidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, P. A. Maxwell and B. M. Kelley. 2008. Fossil isopod and decapod crustaceans from the Kowai Formation (Pliocene) near Makikihi, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51:43-58

Belongs to Upogebia according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Upogebia affinis, Upogebia barti, Upogebia boehmi, Upogebia clypeata, Upogebia controversa, Upogebia digitata, Upogebia eocenica, Upogebia gamma, Upogebia hibiki, Upogebia imperfecta, Upogebia lambrechtsi, Upogebia meyeri, Upogebia midwayensis, Upogebia miocenica, Upogebia mizunamiensis, Upogebia munsteri, Upogebia obscura, Upogebia perarolensis, Upogebia rhacheochir, Upogebia scabra, Upogebia stellata, Upogebia striata, Upogebia tanegashimensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore