''Callichirus'' is a genus of
crustacea
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
ns belonging to the family
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 ...
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[Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 104 764-792.] It was circumscribed by
William Stimpson
William Stimpson (February 14, 1832 – May 26, 1872) was an American scientist. He was interested particularly in marine biology. Stimpson became an important early contributor to the work of the Smithsonian Institution and later, director o ...
in 1866.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Callichirus adamas
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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(Kensley, 1974)
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Callichirus balssi
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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(Monod, 1933)
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Callichirus foresti
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
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Callichirus gilchristi
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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(Barnard, 1947)
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Callichirus guineensis
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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(de Man, 1928)
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Callichirus islagrande
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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(Schmitt, 1935)
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Callichirus kraussi
''Kraussillichirus kraussi'' (Stebbing, 1900), common names, commonly named the common sandprawn or pink prawn, is a species of ghost shrimp, an African crustacean in the family Callichiridae.
Distribution and habitat
This species occurs along ...
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(Stebbing, 1900)
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Callichirus major
''Callichirus major sensu lato'' is a monophyletic species complex of ghost shrimp in the infraorder Axiidea, found in flat sandy beaches across the Pan-American coastline.
Originally described as a single species, genetic studies eventually cl ...
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(Say, 1818)
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Callichirus masoomi
''Callichirus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 1 ...
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(Tirmizi, 1970)
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Callichirus santarosaensis''
Sakai & Türkay, 2012
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Callichirus seilacheri''
(Bott, 1955)
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Callichirus tenuimanus''
de Saint Laurent & Le Loeuff, 1979
References
External links
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Axiidea
{{Axiidea-stub