''Biffarius'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of ghost shrimp in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Callianassidae Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda. Phylogeny The cladogram below shows Callianassidae's placement within Axiidea, from analysis by Wolfe ''et al.'', 2019. Gene ...

, containing species formerly included in the genus ''

Callianassa ''Callianassa'' is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus ('' C. candida'', '' C. tyrrhena'' and '' C. whitei'') have been split off into a new genus, '' Pestarella'', while others such as '' Ca ...

''. Its members are small and generally live in the

intertidal zone The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range. This area can include several types of habitats with various ...

. In April 2020, a new species was described from the northeastern Brazilian coast. ''Biffarius'' was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar, and includes the following species:

References

Axiidea Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning {{Axiidea-stub