Biffarius

Updated on Dec 16, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda		Subphylum Crustacea Family Callianassidae Rank Genus
Similar Decapoda, Callianassidae, Trypaea, Callichirus, Callianassa

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:

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)

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Biffarius Wikipedia

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