''Upogebia africana'' is a mud shrimp of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Upogebiidae Upogebiidae is a family of mud shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Gebiidea Gebiidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans. Gebiidea and Axiidea are divergent infraoders of the former infraorder Thalassinidea. These infraorder ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts of southern Africa and occurs between

Langebaan Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon. Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27, about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 km from Saldanha Bay. ...

in South Africa and

Inhambane Inhambane, also known as Terra de Boa Gente (''Land of Good People''), is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470 km northeast of Maputo. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and according to the 2017 census ...

in Mozambique.

References

Thalassinidea Crustaceans described in 1894 Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean Crustaceans of the Indian Ocean Crustaceans of South Africa Taxa named by Arnold Edward Ortmann {{decapod-stub