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Callianassidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Callianassidae Dana
1918Callianassidae Rathbun p. 136
1926Callianassidae Rathbun p. 105
1935Callianassidae Stenzel p. 389
1982Callianassidae Whetstone and Collins p. 1221
1991Cheraminae Manning and Felder p. 780
1992Callianassidae Feldmann and Keys p. 9
1992Callianassidae Karasawa p. 1248
1995Callianassidae Feldmann et al. p. 3
1999Callianassidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 227
2000Callianassidae Karasawa p. 236
2000Callianassidae Karasawa and Fudouji p. 242
2001Callianassidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 183
2001Callianassidae Vega et al. p. 931
2002Callianassidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2003Callianassidae Feldmann et al. p. 152
2004Callianassidae Schweitzer et al. p. 94
2005Lipkecallianassinae Sakai
2005Callianassidae Schweitzer et al. p. 278
2005Callianassidae Todd and Collins p. 62
2006Callianassidae Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2010Callianassidae Schweitzer et al. p. 33
2019Callianassidae Feldmann et al.
2019Callianassidae Komai et al. p. 463
2023Callianassidae Schweitzer et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Callianassidae Dana 1852
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G. Biffarius Manning and Felder 1991
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Biffarius arenosus Poore 1975
Biffarius biformis Bifar 1971
Biffarius ceramicus Fulton and Grant 1906
Biffarius limosus Poore 1975
Biffarius poorei Sakai 1999
G. †Brecanclawu Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
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Brecanclawu rathbunae Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
G. Callianassa Leach 1814
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Callianassa abbreviata Rathbun 1918
Callianassa affinis Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa alabamensis Rathbun 1935
Callianassa alaica Birshtein 1956
Callianassa almerai Muller 1993
Callianassa alpha Stenzel 1935
Callianassa americana Woods 1922
Callianassa anguillensis Rathbun 1919
Callianassa armata Milne-Edwards 1870
Callianassa atlantica Rathbun 1926
Callianassa atrox Bittner 1893
Callianassa awakina Glaessner 1960
Callianassa bakeri Glaessner 1947
Callianassa bandonensis Rathbun 1926
Callianassa batei Woodward 1869
Callianassa beberibae Beurlen 1962
Callianassa berryi Rathbun 1935
Callianassa beta Stenzel 1935
Callianassa birmanica Noetling 1901
Callianassa bosqueana Rathbun 1935
Callianassa brazoensis Stenzel 1934
Callianassa brevimanus Beurlen 1939
Callianassa brocchii Lörenthey 1898
Callianassa burlesonensis Stenzel 1935
Callianassa calaritana Ristori 1896
Callianassa canavarii Ristorri 1889
Callianassa chalmasii Brocchi 1883
Callianassa chanabadica Birshtein 1956
Callianassa cheyennensis Rathbun 1930
Callianassa clallamensis Withers 1924
Callianassa congolae Secretan 1970
Callianassa cowlitzensis Rathbun 1926
Callianassa crassa Milne Edwards 1870
Callianassa creagrachir Schafhautl 1863
Callianassa cretacea Rathbun 1935
Callianassa danai Hall and Meek 1855
Callianassa delta Rathbun 1935
Callianassa depressiva Secretan 1970
Callianassa desmarestiana Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa elegans Bohm 1922
Callianassa elongata Rathbun 1918
Callianassa epsilon Rathbun 1935
Callianassa erecta Bohm 1926
Callianassa espichelensis Veiga Ferreira 1961
Callianassa eta Rathbun 1936
Callianassa ezoensis Nagao 1932
Callianassa ferox Bittner 1893
Callianassa floriana Glaessner 1928
Callianassa floridana Rathbun 1935
Callianassa fortis Bohm 1922
Callianassa frangens Bohm 1922
Callianassa fresnoensis Rathbun 1926
Callianassa gigantea Withers 1924
Callianassa glabra Lorenthey 1929
Callianassa hayanoi Karasawa 2010
Callianassa heberti Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa hilli Rathbun 1918
Callianassa hulli Rathbun 1935
Callianassa incerta Rathbun 1926
Callianassa infracretacea Tribolet 1874
Callianassa inglisestris Roberts 1953
Callianassa inornata Nagao and Huzioka 1938
Callianassa isikariensis Nagao and Otatume 1938
Callianassa jahringensis Glaessner 1928
Callianassa jamaicensis Withers 1924
Callianassa kewana Rathbun 1926
Callianassa knapptonensis Rathbun 1926
Callianassa krausei Bohm 1911
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Invalid names: Callianassa prisca Krause 1891 [replaced]
Callianassa kraussi Stebbing 1985
Callianassa lacunosa Rathbun 1918
Callianassa latidigita Rathbun 1919
Callianassa ledae Fritsch 1871
Callianassa longa Noetling 1885
Callianassa lusitanica Veiga Ferreira 1954
Callianassa macrodactylus Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa magna Rathbun 1918
Callianassa masanorii Karasawa 1998
Callianassa massarandubae Beurlen 1962
Callianassa megachir Schafhautl 1863
Callianassa menziesi Withers 1926
Callianassa michelotti Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa minor Fischer-Benzon 1866
Callianassa moinensis Rathbun 1918
Callianassa mokattamensis Noetling 1885
Callianassa mortoni Pilsbry 1901
Callianassa mottai Beurlen 1962
Callianassa munieri Brocchi 1883
Callianassa neocomiensis Woodward 1869
Callianassa nilotica Fraas 1867
Callianassa norica Glaessner 1928
Callianassa nuda Beurlen 1939
Callianassa ocozocoautlaensis Hyžný et al. 2013
Callianassa oktibbehana Rathbun 1935
Callianassa orientalis Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa oroszyi Bachmayer 1954
Callianassa orthodactylus Schafhautl 1863
Callianassa ovalis Rathbun 1918
Callianassa panamensis Glaessner 1929
Callianassa parisiensis Milne-Edwards 1870
Callianassa pellucida Rathbun 1919
Callianassa peruviana Knechtel et al. 1947
Callianassa porterensis Rathbun 1926
Callianassa primaeva Philippi 1887
Callianassa prisca Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa pseudofraasi Lorenthey 1929
Callianassa pseudonilotica Lorenthey 1929
Callianassa pugnax Bohm 1922
Callianassa pustulata Withers 1926
Callianassa quadrata Rathbun 1918
Callianassa rakosiensis Lörenthey 1898
Callianassa rapax Bittner 1893
Callianassa rovasendae Crema 1895
Callianassa roztoczensis Muller 1996
Callianassa sakakuraorum Karasawa 2000
Callianassa seefriedi Ammon 1905
Callianassa simplex Bittner 1893
Callianassa sismondai Milne-Edwards 1860
Callianassa spinosa Tribolet 1876
Callianassa spinosa Lörenthey 1898
Callianassa spinulosa Rathbun 1918
Callianassa stephensi Rathbun 1926
Callianassa stridens Rathbun 1918
Callianassa subplana Withers 1924
Callianassa subspinosa Glaessner 1929
Callianassa suffolkensis Rathbun 1935
Callianassa szobensis Müller 1984
Callianassa taiwanica Hu and Tao 1996
Callianassa tanakai Imaizumi 1957
Callianassa tayamai Imaizumi 1952
Callianassa tenuis Rathbun 1918
Callianassa tepetatensis Rathbun 1930
Callianassa theta Rathbun 1936
Callianassa trechmanni Withers 1924
Callianassa turkestanica Birshtein 1956
Callianassa ulrichi White 1880
Callianassa umpquaensis Rathbun 1926
Callianassa uncifera Harbort 1905
Callianassa urgoneensis Lorenthey 1929
Callianassa valida Rathbun 1935
Callianassa velox Bittner 1893
Callianassa vidali Via 1959
Callianassa vorax Bittner 1893
Callianassa waikurana Glaessner 1960
Callianassa wechesensis Stenzel 1934
Callianassa whiteavesi Woodward 1896
Callianassa yagii Imaizumi 1957
Callianassa zeta Rathbun 1936
Invalid names: Semiranina [synonym]
Subfm. Callianassinae Dana 1852
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G. Calliapagurops De Saint Laurent 1973
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Calliapagurops charcoti De Saint Laurent 1973
G. Notiax Manning and Felder 1991
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Notiax brachyophthalma Milne Edwards 1871
G. †Comoxianassa Schweitzer et al. 2009
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Comoxianassa haggarti Schweitzer et al. 2009
G. †Cowichianassa Schweitzer et al. 2009
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Cowichianassa meckerti Schweitzer et al. 2009
G. Gilvossius Manning and Felder 1992
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Invalid names: Gebios Risso 1822 [synonym], Pestarella Ngoc-Ho 2003 [synonym]
G. †Melipal Schweitzer et al. 2006
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Melipal chilensis Schweitzer et al. 2006
G. Neotrypaea Manning and Felder 1991
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Neotrypaea californiensis Dana 1854 [bay ghost shrimp]
Neotrypaea gigas Dana 1852
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Invalid names: Callianassa longimana Stimpson 1857 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nihonotrypaea Manning and Felder 1991 [synonym], Pseudobiffarius Heard and Manning 2000 [synonym]
G. Paraglypturus Turkey and Sakai 1995
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Paraglypturus tooradin Poore and Griffin 1979
G. †Pehuenchia Rusconi 1948
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Pehuenchia tellecheai Rusconi 1948
G. †Protocallianassa Beurlen 1930
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Protocallianassa antiqua Roemer 1841
Protocallianassa archiaci Milne-Edwards 1860
Protocallianassa australica Glaessner 1956
Protocallianassa bohemica Fritsch 1867
Protocallianassa brevis Fritsch 1867
Protocallianassa caucasica Aliev and Aliev 1980
Protocallianassa cenomanensis Milne-Edwards 1860
Protocallianassa elongata Fritsch 1867
Protocallianassa faujasi Desmarest 1822
Protocallianassa gracilis Fritsch 1867
Protocallianassa klofi Bishop 1983
Protocallianassa mortoni Pilsbry 1901
Protocallianassa patagonica Aguirre-Urreta 1982
Protocallianassa pilsbryi Rathbun 1935
Protocallianassa pleuralum Beikirch and Feldmann 1980
Protocallianassa saetosa Forster and Stinnesbeck 1987
Protocallianassa sarysuensis Aliev and Aliev 1980
Protocallianassa tourtiae Fritsch 1867
G. Trypaea Dana 1852
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Trypaea mizunamiensis Karasawa 1993
G. Typaea Dana 1852
G. †Vegarthron Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
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Vegarthron santiago Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
G. †Zapalianassa Schweitzer et al. 2022
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Zapalianassa magna Rusconi 1948
Invalid names: Cheraminae Manning and Felder 1991 [invalid subgroup], Eucalliinae Manning and Felder 1991 [empty], Lipkecallianassinae Sakai 2005 [invalid subgroup], Protocallianassinae Beurlen 1930 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (343 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1France Callianassa suprajurensis (139752)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Argentina Callianassa peruviana (66655)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Antarctica Callianassa sp., Protocallianassa antarctica (276572) Protocallianassa sp. (276568)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan Callianassa sakakuraorum (61991)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Argentina Protocallianassa patagonica (66634)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Argentina (Santa Cruz) Protocallianassa patagonica (66647)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Callianassidae indet. (241457)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Castellon) Callianassa sp. (145760)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Toledo) Callianassa sp. (233204)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia (Santander) Callianassidae indet. (235890)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Protocallianassa sp., Protocallianassa klofi (235829 235833)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) Callianassa bosqueana (142102) Callianassa cretacea (141130)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Peru Callianassa peruviana (136582)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Callianassa cretacea (141174) Callianassa cretacea, Callianassa valida (141000)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Basque Country) Callianassa spp. (276112)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Calvados) Callianassa cenomanensis (234080)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia (Zlín) Callianassa turtiae (276955)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia (South Moravia) Callianassa turtiae (276953)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Callianassa sp. (4638)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Sarthe) Callianassa cenomanensis (139203)