''Callichirus'' is a genus of
crustacea
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
ns belonging to the family
Callianassidae
Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp of the order Decapoda.
Subfamilies and genera
''Callianassidae'' is divided into 41 genera:
* '' Aqaballianassa'' Poore, Dworschak, Robles, Mantelatto & Felder, 2019
* '' Arenallianassa'' Poore, Dwors ...
.
[Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 104 764-792.] It was circumscribed by
William Stimpson in 1866.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Callichirus adamas''
(Kensley, 1974)
* ''
Callichirus balssi''
(Monod, 1933)
* ''
Callichirus foresti''
Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
* ''
Callichirus gilchristi''
(Barnard, 1947)
* ''
Callichirus guineensis''
(de Man, 1928)
* ''
Callichirus islagrande''
(Schmitt, 1935)
* ''
Callichirus kraussi''
(Stebbing, 1900)
* ''
Callichirus major''
(Say, 1818)
* ''
Callichirus masoomi''
(Tirmizi, 1970)
* ''
Callichirus santarosaensis''
Sakai & Türkay, 2012
* ''
Callichirus seilacheri''
(Bott, 1955)
* ''
Callichirus tenuimanus''
de Saint Laurent & Le Loeuff, 1979
References
External links
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Axiidea
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