Callianassa Leach 1814 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Synonym: Semiranina

Parent taxon: Callianassidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Beschin et al. 2012, Collins 2002, De Angeli et al. 2010, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Duncan 1992, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Feldmann et al. 2019, Feldmann et al. 1993, Garassino 2001, Glaessner 1960, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa 2000, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Lörenthey 1898, Manning and Felder 1991, Müller 1984, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1930, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Stenzel 1934, Stenzel 1935, Todd and Collins 2005, Vega et al. 2001 and Whetstone and Collins 1982

Sister taxa: Balsscallichirus, Biffarius, Brecanclawu, Callianassinae, Calliax, Calliaxina, Callichirinae, Callichirus, Cheraminae, Comoxianassa, Corallianassa, Cowichianassa, Eucalliacinae, Eucalliax, Eucalliinae, Melipal, Mesostylus, Neotrypaea, Paraglypturus, Pehuenchia, Pleuronassa, Podocallichirus, Protocallianassa, Protocallianassinae, Sergio, Trypaea, Typaea, Vegarthron, Zapalianassa

Subtaxa: Callianassa abbreviata Callianassa affinis Callianassa alabamensis Callianassa alaica Callianassa almerai Callianassa alpha Callianassa americana Callianassa anguillensis Callianassa armata Callianassa articulata Callianassa atlantica Callianassa atrox Callianassa awakina Callianassa bakeri Callianassa bandonensis Callianassa batei Callianassa beberibae Callianassa berryi Callianassa beta Callianassa birmanica Callianassa bosqueana Callianassa brazoensis Callianassa brevimanus Callianassa brocchii Callianassa burlesonensis Callianassa calaritana Callianassa canavarii Callianassa chalmasii Callianassa chanabadica Callianassa cheyennensis Callianassa clallamensis Callianassa congolae Callianassa cowlitzensis Callianassa crassa Callianassa creagrachir Callianassa cretacea Callianassa danai Callianassa delta Callianassa depressiva Callianassa desmarestiana Callianassa edwardsi Callianassa elegans Callianassa elongata Callianassa epsilon Callianassa erecta Callianassa espichelensis Callianassa eta Callianassa ferox Callianassa floriana Callianassa floridana Callianassa fortis Callianassa frangens Callianassa fresnoensis Callianassa gigantea Callianassa glabra Callianassa hayanoi Callianassa heberti Callianassa hilli Callianassa hulli Callianassa incerta Callianassa infracretacea Callianassa inglisestris Callianassa inornata Callianassa isikariensis Callianassa jahringensis Callianassa jamaicensis Callianassa kerepesiensis Callianassa kewana Callianassa knapptonensis Callianassa krausei Callianassa kraussi Callianassa lacunosa Callianassa latidigita Callianassa ledae Callianassa longa Callianassa lusitanica Callianassa macrodactylus Callianassa magna Callianassa masanorii Callianassa massarandubae Callianassa maxima Callianassa megachir Callianassa menziesi Callianassa meridionalis Callianassa michelotti Callianassa minor Callianassa moinensis Callianassa mokattamensis Callianassa mortoni Callianassa mottai Callianassa munieri Callianassa neocomiensis Callianassa nilotica Callianassa norica Callianassa nuda Callianassa ocozocoautlaensis Callianassa oktibbehana Callianassa oregonensis Callianassa orientalis Callianassa oroszyi Callianassa orthodactylus Callianassa ovalis Callianassa panamensis Callianassa parinasensis Callianassa parisiensis Callianassa pedemontana Callianassa pellucida Callianassa peruviana Callianassa porterensis Callianassa primaeva Callianassa prisca Callianassa pseudofraasi Callianassa pseudonilotica Callianassa pseudorakosiensis Callianassa pugnax Callianassa pustulata Callianassa quadracuta Callianassa quadrata Callianassa rakosiensis Callianassa rapax Callianassa rovasendae Callianassa roztoczensis Callianassa sakakuraorum Callianassa seefriedi Callianassa simplex Callianassa sismondai Callianassa songoensis Callianassa spinosa Callianassa spinosa Callianassa spinulosa Callianassa stephensi Callianassa stimpsoni Callianassa stridens Callianassa subplana Callianassa subspinosa Callianassa subterraenea Callianassa subterranea Callianassa suffolkensis Callianassa szobensis Callianassa taiwanica Callianassa tanakai Callianassa tayamai Callianassa tenuis Callianassa tepetatensis Callianassa theta Callianassa transversoplicata Callianassa trechmanni Callianassa turkestanica Callianassa ulrichi Callianassa umpquaensis Callianassa uncifera Callianassa urgoneensis Callianassa valida Callianassa velox Callianassa vidali Callianassa vorax Callianassa waikurana Callianassa wechesensis Callianassa whiteavesi Callianassa yagii Callianassa zeta

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Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), South Africa (1), United States (3: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (2)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (3: Virginia), Vanuatu (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Angola (1), Anguilla (4), Austria (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Hungary (6), Italy (2), Japan (15), Malta (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (11), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (1), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Neogene of Poland (1)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), United States (14: Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Eocene of Angola (1), Antarctica (4), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (9), France (2), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (4), Peru (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (29: Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Washington)

• Paleogene of Mexico (2)

• Paleocene of Argentina (2), Nigeria (1), United States (13: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Argentina (5), Austria (1), Chile (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), Spain (2), United States (22: Alabama, Alaska, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 223 collections including 269 occurrences

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