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 Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius. The genus is named after the Nereid of the greco-roman mythology. Species Sixteen species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa: Callianassa? anoploura Sakai, 2002 Callianassa australis Kensley, 1974 Callianassa? chakratongae Sakai, 2002 Callianassa costaricensis Sakai, 2005 Callianassa diaphora Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974 Callianassa? exilimaxilla Sakai, 2005 Callianassa? gruneri Sakai, 1999 Callianassa marchali Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974 Callianassa? nigroculata Sakai, 2002 Callianassa ogurai Henmi, Itani, Osawa & Komai, 2022 Callianassa? plantei Sakai, 2004 Callianassa? propriopedis Sakai, 2002 Callianassa? stenomastaxa Sakai, 2002 Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808) Callianassa? tenuipes Sakai, 2002 Callianassa timiris (Sakai, Türkay, Beuck & Freiwald, 2015) Several species are known from the fossil record, including: †Callianassa elegans Bohm 1922 (Java) †Callianassa moinensis Rathbun, 1919