Callianassa Explained

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,^[1] while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius.^[2] The genus is named after the Nereid of the Greco-Roman mythology.

Species

Six species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa:^[3]

• Callianassa australis Kensley, 1974
• Callianassa diaphora Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
• Callianassa marchali Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
• Callianassa ogurai Henmi, Itani, Osawa & Komai, 2022
• Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)
• Callianassa timiris (Sakai, Türkay, Beuck & Freiwald, 2015)

Incertae sedis

• Callianassa? anoploura Sakai, 2002
• Callianassa? chakratongae Sakai, 2002
• Callianassa? exilimaxilla Sakai, 2005
• Callianassa? gruneri Sakai, 1999
• Callianassa? nigroculata Sakai, 2002
• Callianassa? plantei Sakai, 2004
• Callianassa? stenomastaxa Sakai, 2002
• Callianassa? propriopedis Sakai, 2002
• Callianassa? tenuipes Sakai, 2002

Synonyms:

• Callianassa acanthochirus accepted as Glypturus acanthochirus
• Callianassa acanthura accepted as Necallianassa acanthura
• Callianassa acutirostella accepted as Spinicallianassa acutirostella
• Callianassa adamas accepted as Callichirus adamas
• Callianassa aequimana accepted as Eucalliaxiopsis aequimana
• Callianassa affinis accepted as Neotrypaea biffari
• Callianassa agassizi accepted as Anacalliax agassizi
• Callianassa algerica accepted as Gilvossius candidus
• Callianassa amboinae accepted as Scallasis amboinae
• Callianassa amboinensis accepted as Rayllianassa amboinensis
• Callianassa amplimaxilla accepted as Aqaballianassa amplimaxilla
• Callianassa aqabaensis accepted as Aqaballianassa aqabaensis
• Callianassa arenosa accepted as Arenallianassa arenosa
• Callianassa argentinensis accepted as Anacalliax argentinensis
• Callianassa armata accepted as Glypturus armatus
• Callianassa articulata accepted as Articullichirus articulatus
• Callianassa assimilis accepted as Corallianassa assimilis
• Callianassa atlantica accepted as Gilvossius setimanus
• Callianassa audax accepted as Audacallichirus audax
• Callianassa australiensis accepted as Trypaea australiensis
• Callianassa balssi accepted as Balsscallichirus balssi
• Callianassa bangensis accepted as Rayllianassa bangensis
• Callianassa berylae accepted as Necallianassa berylae
• Callianassa biffari accepted as Neotrypaea biffari
• Callianassa biformis accepted as Biffarius biformis
• Callianassa bocourti accepted as Lepidophthalmus bocourti
• Callianassa borradailei accepted as Corallianassa borradailei
• Callianassa bouvieri accepted as Paratrypaea bouvieri
• Callianassa brachyophthalma accepted as Notiax brachyophthalma
• Callianassa brachytelson accepted as Cheramoides brachytelson
• Callianassa branneri accepted as Neocallichirus grandimana
• Callianassa brevicaudata accepted as Mucrollichirus mucronatus
• Callianassa brevirostris accepted as Aqaballianassa brevirostris
• Callianassa bulimba accepted as Calliaxina bulimba
• Callianassa caecigena accepted as Callianopsis caecigena
• Callianassa caesari accepted as Neotrypaea caesari
• Callianassa caledonica accepted as Scallasis caledonica
• Callianassa californiensis accepted as Neotrypaea californiensis
• Callianassa calmani accepted as Neocallichirus calmani
• Callianassa candida accepted as Gilvossius candidus
• Callianassa ceramica accepted as Filhollianassa ceramica
• Callianassa chakratongae incertae sedis as Callianassa? anoploura Sakai, 2002
• Callianassa coecigena accepted as Callianopsis caecigena
• Callianassa collaroy accepted as Articullichirus collaroy
• Callianassa contipes accepted as Scallasis contipes
• Callianassa convexa accepted as Gilvossius convexus
• Callianassa coriolisae accepted as Coriollianassa coriolisae
• Callianassa costaricensis accepted as Neotrypaea costaricensis
• Callianassa coutierei accepted as Corallianassa coutierei
• Callianassa cristata taxon inquirendum as Paratrypaea cristata
• Callianassa davyana accepted as Gilvossius candidus
• Callianassa debilis accepted as Fragillianassa debilis
• Callianassa delicatula accepted as Biffarius delicatulus
• Callianassa denticulata accepted as Gourretia denticulata
• Callianassa diademata accepted as Lepidophthalmus turneranus
• Callianassa ehsani accepted as Aqaballianassa ehsani
• Callianassa eiseni accepted as Lepidophthalmus eiseni
• Callianassa exilimaxilla incertae sedis as Callianassa? exilimaxilla
• Callianassa filholi accepted as Filhollianassa filholi
• Callianassa fragilis accepted as Fragillianassa fragilis
• Callianassa garthi accepted as Callichirus garthi
• Callianassa gaucho accepted as Poti gaucho
• Callianassa gigas accepted as Neotrypaea gigas
• Callianassa gilchristi accepted as Balsscallichirus gilchristi
• Callianassa goniophthalma accepted as Callianopsis goniophthalma
• Callianassa grandidieri accepted as Lepidophthalmus grandidieri
• Callianassa grandimana accepted as Neocallichirus grandimana
• Callianassa gravieri accepted as Paratrypaea bouvieri
• Callianassa gruneri incertae sedis as Callianassa? gruneri
• Callianassa guara accepted as Neocallichirus guara
• Callianassa guassutinga accepted as Neocallichirus guassutinga
• Callianassa guineensis accepted as Balsscallichirus guineensis
• Callianassa harmandi accepted as Neotrypaea harmandi
• Callianassa hartmeyeri accepted as Corallianassa hartmeyeri
• Callianassa haswelli accepted as Corallianassa martensi
• Callianassa helgolandica accepted as Callianassa subterranea

Several species are known from the fossil record, including:

• Callianassa elegans Bohm 1922 (Java)^[4]
• Callianassa moinensis Rathbun, 1919^[5]

Notes and References

1. Nguyen Ngoc-Ho . 2003 . European and Mediterranean Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) . . 25 . 3 . 439–555 . 2007-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061119050939/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z03n3a5.pdf# . 2006-11-19 . dead .
2. Web site: Gary C. B. Poore . 2010 . Biffarius filholi (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) . . May 26, 2010.
3. De Grave, Sammy . 2022 . Callianassa Leach, 1814 . 107072 . 31 August 2024.
4. Böhm, J. (1922). Arthropoda. Crustacea. In: Martin, K. (ed.) Die Fossilien von Java. Sammlungen des geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, neue Folge. 1: 521–535.
5. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum . 32 . 2005. 53-85. Neogene and Quatenary crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected from Costa Rica and Panama by members of the Panama Paleontology Project. Jonathan A. Todd. Joe S. H. Collins.