Callianassa Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Callianassidae |
Subfamily: | Callianassinae |
Genus: |
Callianassa Leach, 1814 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, 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, [3] while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius. [4] The genus is named after the Nereid of the greco-roman mythology.
Sixteen species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa: [2]
Several species are known from the fossil record, including:
Callianassa Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Callianassidae |
Subfamily: | Callianassinae |
Genus: |
Callianassa Leach, 1814 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, 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, [3] while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius. [4] The genus is named after the Nereid of the greco-roman mythology.
Sixteen species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa: [2]
Several species are known from the fossil record, including: