WoRMS name details

Callianassa biffari Holthuis, 1991

465340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465340)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Axiidea (Infraorder)
  12. Callianassidae (Family)
  13. Callianassa (Genus)
  14. Callianassa biffari (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Neotrypaea biffari (Holthuis, 1991)
Species
Callianassa Leach, 1814
Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Callianassa...)  
junior homonym of Callianassa affinis A. Milne-Edwards, 1860 [Decapoda]
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Lectotype  (of Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900) USNM...  
Lectotype (of Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900) USNM 86810 [details]
Lectotype USNM 86810, geounit San Diego [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Callianassa biffari Holthuis, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465340 on 2026-07-09
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2010-03-12 07:12:21Z
created
Decock, Wim
2010-05-26 08:07:05Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.
2020-01-14 07:57:38Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.
2022-02-04 13:16:10Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype (of Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900) USNM 86810 [details]
Lectotype USNM 86810, geounit San Diego [details]
Syntype (of Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900) USNM 86810, verbatimGeounit USA, CA, "Point Loma... [details]
    Definitions

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English ghost shrimpbeach ghost shrimp  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900)
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