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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Callianassidae
Subfamily: Callianassinae
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. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. 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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