This species is known by such generic common names as "mud shrimp" and "ghost shrimp".

Upogebiidae is a family of mud shrimp in the order Decapoda.

Upogebia africana is a mud shrimp of the family Upogebiidae, endemic to South Africa.

Calliapagurops is a genus of mud shrimp containing two species:

Upogebia is a genus of mud shrimp, in the family Upogebiidae, containing the following species:

This species lived with several other crustaceans, including the crab Pinnixa and a mud shrimp of the genus Callianassa.

Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae.

Calliapagurops charcoti is a species of mud shrimp from Macaronesia.

No other mud shrimp is known to be a filter feeder in this way.

This is one of the largest depth ranges of any mud shrimp.