A new species of mud-shrimp of the genus Upogebia Leach, 1814 from Taiwan (Decapoda : Thalassinidea : Upogebiidae)

A new species of mud-shrimp of the genus Upogebia Leach, 1814 from Taiwan ( Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae). Zoological Studies 40(3): 199-203, A n Upogebia specimen collected from deep water off southern Taiwan is descri bed as a new species, Upogebia edentata sp. nov.. The new species closely r esembles U. fallax de Man, 1905; U. contigua Bozic and de Saint Laurent, 19 72; and U. gracilis Ngoc-Ho, 1990, in its long rostrum and the shape of the 6th abdominal somite. However, it differs from these species by having bot h the rostrum and the lateral ridges of the carapace unarmed. Color figures of the new species are presented.