Callianassa

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Callianassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Thalassinidea
Family: Callianassidae
Genus: Callianassa
Leach, 1814 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Gebios Risso, 1822
  • Montagua Leach, 1814

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]

Forty-six species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa:[2]

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