Genus Upogebia Leach, 1814

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Genus Upogebia Leach, 1814

Upogebia Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology. pp. 383-437 in Brewster, D. Sir (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh : John Murray Baldwin & Cradocle Vol. 7 (2). [400] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Cancer (Astacus) stellatus Montague, 1808 by monotypy.
Gerbios Bosc, L.A.G. 1813. Essai historique sur les crustacés de la mer de Nice par M. RISSO (extrait d'un rapport fait par M. Bosc à l'Institut en 1812). Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 3(66): 233-234 [Date published March 1813] [233] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Thalassina littoralis Risso, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1954. Proposed use of the plenary powers to validate the generic names Upogebia Leach, 1814, and Processa Leach, 1815. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 9(11): 334-340 (= Astacus pusillus Petagna, 1792).
Gebia Leach, W.E. 1816. A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animal which Linne arranged under Insecta: with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders &c. and descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11(2): 306-400 & 'Errata' [dated 1815, but published 24 January 1816] [335, 342] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Cancer (Astacus) stellatus Montagu, 1808 by subsequent designation, see Lucas, H. 1835. In, Dictionnaire pittoresque d'Histoire naturelle. p. 353.
Bigea Nardo, G.D. 1847. Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrale nell' opera intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei de'Testaceo e de Pesci che abitano le lagune e golfo veneto rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori Dall' Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Coldiense applicata per commissione governativa dal Dr. Gio. Venezoa : Domenico Nardo. [8] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Bigea tipica Nardo, 1847 by monotypy.
Calliadne Strahl, C. 1862. Über einige neue von Hrn F. Jagor eingesandte Thalassinen und die systematische Stellung dieser Familie. Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861: 1055-1072 14 figs [1064] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Calliadne savignii Strahl, 1862 by monotypy.
Gebiopsis Milne Edwards, A. 1868. Observations sur la faune carcinologique des îles du Cap.-Vert. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4: 49-68 [63] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Gebiopsis nitidus A. Milne Edwards, 1868 by monotypy.
Gebicula Alcock, A. 1901. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomura in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator". Calcutta : Indian Museum Vol. 4 286 pp. 3 pls. [201] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Gebicula exigua Alcock, 1901 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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 Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [232]

Introduction

There has been considerable disagreement between Ngoc-Ho (1990, 1994, 2001, 2008) and Sakai (1984, 1993, 2006) on the identity and generic placement of collections made in Australia. This means that the distributions of some species may not be accurately reflected in these data.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)