Family Callichiridae Manning and Felder 1991 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae

Alternative spelling: Callichirinae

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

See also Hyzny and Dulai 2013, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Karasawa and Nakagawa 2010, Komai et al. 2019, Manning and Felder 1991, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2005 and Todd and Collins 2005

Sister taxa: Anacalliacidae, Axiidae, Axioidea, Callianassidae, Callianassoidea, Callianideidae, Callianopsidae, Ctenochelidae, Eucalliacidae, Mesostylus, Micheleidae, Paracalliacidae, Psammionassa, Strahlaxiidae

Subtaxa: Balsscallichirus Calliapaguropinae Callichirus Corallianassa Eoglypturus Glypturoides Glypturus Karumballichirus Laticallichirus Lepidophthalmus Neocallichirus Vecticallichirus

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Type: Callichirus

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Jamaica (3 collections), Japan (2), the Philippines (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Hungary (1), Japan (7), Mexico (1), Panama (11), the Philippines (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (5), United States (7: Mississippi, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Washington)

• Eocene of Egypt (4), Hungary (1), Italy (9), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Spain (1), United States (3: California)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 79 collections including 92 occurrences

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