Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Upogebiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range				
				
					पारिस्थितिकी				
				
			
			
				.  Subtropical; 26°S -   37°S, 16°E -   35°E (संदर्भ 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean:  South Africa and Mozambique.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
			
			
				परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 1.6 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 4)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Rostrum ending in three teeth; the lateral teeth are placed at the end of a ridge that is separated from the central part of the dorsal surface of the rostrum by a deep groove.  On the central part itself a very shallow median groove is present.  There are no ventral teeth on the rostrum.  The anterolateral border of the carapace with a single spine behind the eye.  First pereiopods subchelate.  Dactylus of adult male with a longitudinal groove on either lateral surface, and without a tooth on the cutting edge.  Palm with 2 dorsal denticulate carinae.  Merus without an anterodorsal spine.  Coxae of first three pereiopods without spines (Ref. 4).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					It has lengths of 1.5 to 1.6 cm, total body length; 2.7 to 6.5 cm, ovigerous females (Ref. 4). It burrows in sandy mud of estuaries form mid-tide to LWS [= Low water spring tide].  It is a detritus feeder (Ref. 4).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (संदर्भ 4)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (संदर्भ 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				ठहराव / प्रलोभन: usually			
			
			
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					Unknown.