Callianassa (genus)
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Callianassa Temporal range: 183.0–0 Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Callianassidae |
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Callianassa Leach, 1814 |
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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 Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius.
Forty-six species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa:
Several species are known from the fossil record, including:
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