Callianassa (genus)
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Callianassa is a genus
of mud shrimp
s, in the family
Callianassidae
. Three of the species in this genus (C. candida, C. tyrrhena
and C. whitei) have been split off into a new genus, Pestarella
, while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius
.
Forty-six species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of mud shrimp
Mud shrimp
The term mud shrimp is used for a number of different mud-dwelling crustaceans:*Infraorder Thalassinidea, including genera such as Callianassa, Pestarella and Upogebia*Corophium volutator, an amphipod of the North Atlantic...
s, in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Callianassidae
Callianassidae
Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp of the order Decapoda. It is divided into 13 subfamilies and 42 genera:Anacallianacinae*Anacalliax de Saint Laurent, 1973Bathycalliacinae*Bathycalliax Sakai & Türkay, 1999Callianassinae...
. Three of the species in this genus (C. candida, C. tyrrhena
Pestarella tyrrhena
Pestarella tyrrhena is a species of thalassinidean crustacean which grows to a length of . It lives in burrows in shallow sandy parts of the sea-bed in the Mediterranean Sea and northern Atlantic Ocean...
and C. whitei) have been split off into a new genus, Pestarella
Pestarella
Pestarella is a genus of thalassinidean crustacean erected in 2003 from former members of the genus Callianassa. It is distinguished from Callianassa by the rounded, rather than squarish telson, and by the absence of the first two pleopods in males...
, while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius
Biffarius
Biffarius is a genus of ghost shrimp in the family Callianassidae, containing species formerly included in the genus Callianassa. Its members are small and generally live in the intertidal zone. Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A...
.
Forty-six species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa:
- Callianassa acutirostella Sakai, 1988
- Callianassa affinis A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
- Callianassa amplimaxilla Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa anoploura Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa aqabaensis Dworschak, 2003
- Callianassa australis Kensley, 1974
- Callianassa bangensis Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa batei Woodward, 1869
- Callianassa brachytelson Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa brevirostris Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa chakratongae Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa contipes Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa costaricensis Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa diaphora Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
- Callianassa exilimaxilla Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa gravieri Nobili, 1905
- Callianassa gruneri Sakai, 1999
- Callianassa intermedia De Man, 1905
- Callianassa joculatrix De Man, 1905
- Callianassa lignicola Alcock & Anderson, 1899
- Callianassa limosa Poore, 1975
- Callianassa lobetobensis De Man, 1905
- Callianassa longicauda Sakai, 1967
- Callianassa malaccaensis Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa marchali Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
- Callianassa matzi Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa mocambiquensis Sakai, 2004
- Callianassa modesta De Man, 1905
- Callianassa nieli Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa nigroculata Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa parva Edmondson, 1944
- Callianassa parvula Sakai, 1988
- Callianassa persica Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa plantei Sakai, 2004
- Callianassa propriopedis Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa pugnatrix De Man, 1905
- Callianassa pygmaea De Man, 1928
- Callianassa rathbunae Glaessner, 1929
- Callianassa sahul Poore, 2008
- Callianassa spinoculata Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa stenomastaxa Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa subterraneaCallianassa subterraneaCallianassa subterranea is a species of burrowing ghost shrimp. This species is known by such generic common names as "mud shrimp" and "ghost shrimp".-Description:...
(Montagu, 1808) - Callianassa tabogensis Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa tenuipes Sakai, 2002
- Callianassa thailandica Sakai, 2005
- Callianassa thorsoni Sakai, 2005