Biffarius
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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.[1] In April 2020, a new species was described from the northeastern Brazilian coast.[2] Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar,[3] and includes the following species:[4]
- Biffarius arenosus (Poore, 1975)
- Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971)
- Biffarius botterae (Hernáez, Miranda & Tavares, 2020)
- Biffarius ceramicus (Fulton & Grant, 1906)
- Biffarius debilis Hernandez-Aguilera, 1998
- Biffarius delicatulus Rodrigues & Manning, 1992
- Biffarius filholi (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
- Biffarius fragilis (Biffar, 1970)
- Biffarius lewtonae (Ngoc-Ho, 1994)
- Biffarius melissae Poore, 2008
- Biffarius pacificus Guzman & Thadje, 2003
- Biffarius poorei (Sakai, 1999)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Callianassidae |
Subfamily: | Callianassinae |
Genus: | Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991 |
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