''Biffarius'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
ghost shrimp in the
family
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Callianassidae
Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp of the order Decapoda.
Subfamilies and genera
''Callianassidae'' is divided into 41 genera:
* '' Aqaballianassa'' Poore, Dworschak, Robles, Mantelatto & Felder, 2019
* '' Arenallianassa'' Poore, Dwors ...
, containing species formerly included in the genus ''
Callianassa''. Its members are small and generally live in the
intertidal zone
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. 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:
*''
Biffarius arenosus''
(Poore, 1975)
*''
Biffarius biformis''
(Biffar, 1971)
*''
Biffarius botterae''
(Hernáez, Miranda & Tavares, 2020)
*''
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
Thalassinidea
Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning
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