Biffarius is a genus of ghost shrimp in the family Callianassidae, containing species formerly included in the genus Callianassa. Its members are small and generally live in the intertidal zone.[1] In April 2020, a new species was described from the northeastern Brazilian coast.[2] Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar,[3] and includes the following species:[4]
- Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971)
- Biffarius botterae (Hernáez, Miranda & Tavares, 2020)
- Biffarius delicatulus Rodrigues & Manning, 1992
- Biffarius limosus (Poore, 1975)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Callianassidae |
| Genus: | Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991 |
References
edit- ^ Guillermo L. Guzmán & Sven Thatje (2003). "Biffarius pacificus, a new species of the Callinassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) from northern Chile" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (3): 293–298. doi:10.3989/scimar.2003.67n3293.
- ^ Hernáez, P.; Miranda, M.S.; Tavares, M. (2020). A new species of Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from the intertidal coast of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4759(4): 575-583.
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Thomas A. Biffar". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Universitet Göteborgs. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (2022). "Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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