Callianassa

Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus (C. candida, C. tyrrhena and C. whitei) have been split off into a new genus, Pestarella, while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius. The genus is named after the Nereid of the greco-roman mythology.

Species
Sixteen species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa:


 * Callianassa? anoploura Sakai, 2002
 * Callianassa australis Kensley, 1974
 * Callianassa? chakratongae Sakai, 2002
 * Callianassa costaricensis Sakai, 2005
 * Callianassa diaphora Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
 * Callianassa? exilimaxilla Sakai, 2005
 * Callianassa? gruneri Sakai, 1999
 * Callianassa marchali Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974
 * Callianassa? nigroculata Sakai, 2002
 * Callianassa ogurai Henmi, Itani, Osawa & Komai, 2022
 * Callianassa? plantei Sakai, 2004
 * Callianassa? propriopedis Sakai, 2002
 * Callianassa? stenomastaxa Sakai, 2002
 * Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808)
 * Callianassa? tenuipes Sakai, 2002
 * Callianassa timiris (Sakai, Türkay, Beuck & Freiwald, 2015)

Several species are known from the fossil record, including:
 * †Callianassa elegans Bohm 1922 (Java)
 * †Callianassa moinensis Rathbun, 1919