Callianassidae is a family 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...

 of the order Decapoda

Decapoda

The decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. It is estimated that the order contains nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with...

. It is divided into 13 subfamilies and 42 genera:

Anacallianacinae

• Anacalliax de Saint Laurent, 1973

Bathycalliacinae

• Bathycalliax Sakai & Türkay, 1999

Callianassinae

• 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...
  
  Manning & Felder, 1991
• Callianassa
  Callianassa
  Callianassa can refer to:*Callianassa, one of the Nereids*Callianassa , a genus of mud-shrimp including**C. filholi**C. subterranea**C. tyrrhena...
  
  Leach, 1814
• Cheramus Bate, 1888
• Gilvossius Manning & Felder, 1991
• Necallianassa Heard & Manning, 1998
• Neotrypaea
  Neotrypaea
  Neotrypaea is a genus of ghost shrimp in the family Callianassidae, containing the following five species:*Neotrypaea biffari *Neotrypaea californiensis *Neotrypaea gigas...
  
  Manning & Felder, 1991
• Nihonotrypaea Manning & Tamaki, 1998
• Notiax Manning & Felder, 1991
• Paratrypaea Komai & Tachikawa, 2008
• 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...
  
  Ngoc-Ho, 2003
• Poti Rodrigues & Manning, 1992
• Pseudobiffarius Heard & Manning, 2000
• Rayllianassa Komai & Tachikawa, 2008
• Scallasis Bate, 1888
• Trypaea Dana, 1852

Callianopsinae

• Callianopsis de Saint Laurent, 1973

Calliapaguropinae

• Calliapagurops de Saint Laurent, 1973

Callichirinae

• Callichirus Stimpson, 1866
• Corallianassa Manning, 1987
• Glypturus Stimpson, 1866
• Gonodactylus
• Grynaminna Poore, 2000
• Lepidophthalmus
  Lepidophthalmus
  Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp, containing the following species:*Lepidophthalmus bocourti *Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904*Lepidophthalmus grandidieri...
  
  Holmes, 1904
• Michaelcallianassa Sakai, 2002
• Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988
• Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999
• Sergio Manning & Lemaitre, 1994

Ctenochelinae

• Ctenocheles Kishinouye, 1926
• Ctenocheloides Anker, 2010

Dawsoniinae

• Dawsonius Manning & Felder, 1991

Eucalliacinae

• Calliax de Saint Laurent, 1973
• Calliaxina Ngoc-Ho, 2003
• Eucalliax Manning & Felder, 1991
• Paraglypturus Turkay & Sakai, 1995

Gourretiinae

• Gourretia de Saint Laurent, 1973
• Laurentgourretia Sakai, 2004
• Pseudogourretia Sakai, 2005

Lipkecallianassinae

• Lipkecallianassa Sakai, 2002

Paracalliacinae

• Paracalliax de Saint Laurent, 1979

Vulcanocalliacinae

• Vulcanocalliax
  Vulcanocalliax
  Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi is a species of Thalassinidea found on a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz between Spain and Morocco. It was discovered during the Census of Marine Life, and is so distinct from its closest relatives that it has been placed in a new subfamily, the Vulcanocallianacinae...
  
  Dworschak & Cunha, 2007