Biffarius

Biffarius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Callianassidae
Genus: Biffarius
Manning & Felder, 1991

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]

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. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  4. ^ De Grave, Sammy (2022). "Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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