''Biffarius'' is a
genus
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of
ghost shrimp in the
family
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Callianassidae, containing species formerly included in the genus ''
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 '' C ...
''. Its members are small and generally live in the
intertidal zone. In April 2020, a new species was described from the northeastern Brazilian coast. ''Biffarius'' was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar, and includes the following species:
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Biffarius arenosus''
(Poore, 1975)
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Biffarius biformis''
(Biffar, 1971)
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Biffarius botterae''
(Hernáez, Miranda & Tavares, 2020)
*''
Biffarius ceramicus''
(Fulton & Grant, 1906)
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Biffarius debilis''
Hernandez-Aguilera, 1998
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Biffarius delicatulus''
Rodrigues & Manning, 1992
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Biffarius filholi''
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
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Biffarius fragilis''
(Biffar, 1970)
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Biffarius lewtonae''
(Ngoc-Ho, 1994)
*''
Biffarius melissae''
Poore, 2008
*''
Biffarius pacificus''
Guzman & Thadje, 2003
*''
Biffarius poorei''
(Sakai, 1999)
References
Thalassinidea
Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning
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