Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Upogebia africana

  • Author and date of publication

    (Ortmann, 1894)

  • Preferred Common name

    ghost shrimp

  • Date Identified

    1997

  • Identified By

    C Tudge

  • Number Of Specimens

    4

  • Sex

    Male, Female

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 80%

  • Collected By

    A Hodgson

  • Sampling Method

    hand

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    South Africa

  • Precise Location

    Lower reaches of the Bushmans River estuary, eastern Cape

  • Latitude

    -33.68

  • Longitude

    26.7

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84