Biffarius

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.[1] In April 2020, a new species was described from the northeastern Brazilian coast.[2] Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar,[3] and includes the following species:[4]

  • 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)

Biffarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Callianassidae
Genus:
Biffarius

Manning & Felder, 1991

References
  1. Guillermo L. Guzmán & Sven Thatje (2003). "Biffarius pacificus, a new species of the Callinassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) from northern Chile" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (3): 293–298. doi:10.3989/scimar.2003.67n3293.
  2. Hernáez, P.; Miranda, M.S.; Tavares, M. (2020). A new species of Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from the intertidal coast of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4759(4): 575-583.
  3. Hans G. Hansson. "Thomas A. Biffar". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Universitet Göteborgs. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  4. Gary C. B. Poore (2010). "Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 26, 2010.


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