Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae

Full reference: T. Komai, H. Yokooka, Y. Henmi and G. Itani. 2019. A new genus for “Neocallichirus” grandis Karasawa & Goda, 1996, a ghost shrimp species (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) heretofore known only by fossil materials. Zootaxa 4604(3):461-481

Parent taxon: Callichiridae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Komai et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Balsscallichirus, Calliapaguropinae, Callichirus, Corallianassa, Eoglypturus, Glypturoides, Glypturus, Karumballichirus, Lepidophthalmus, Neocallichirus, Vecticallichirus

Subtaxa: Laticallichirus grandis

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Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Takamatsu, Akabane-cho (Quaternary of Japan)

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