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
. Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar, and includes the following species:
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 ghost shrimp
Thalassinidea
Thalassinidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans that live in burrows in muddy bottoms of the world's oceans. In Australian English, the littoral thalassinidean Trypaea australiensis is referred to as the yabby , frequently used as bait for estuarine fishing; elsewhere, however, they are...
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...
, containing species formerly included in the genus Callianassa
Callianassa (genus)
Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species...
. Its members are small and generally live in the intertidal zone
Intertidal zone
The intertidal zone is the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide . This area can include many different types of habitats, with many types of animals like starfish, sea urchins, and some species of coral...
. Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar, and includes the following species:
- Biffarius arenosus (Poore, 1975)
- Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971)
- 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)