Malacostraca - Decapoda - Upogebiidae

Alternative combination: Cancer stellatus

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 kowai, Upogebia lambrechtsi, Upogebia meyeri, Upogebia midwayensis, Upogebia miocenica, Upogebia mizunamiensis, Upogebia munsteri, Upogebia obscura, Upogebia perarolensis, Upogebia rhacheochir, Upogebia scabra, Upogebia striata, Upogebia tanegashimensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore