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Biffarius

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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)
  • References

    Biffarius Wikipedia