Biffarius: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Callianassidae
Genus
Biffarius
Species
Scientific Name
Biffarius

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Biffarius

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. In April 2020, a new species was described from the northeastern Brazilian coast. Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar, and includes the following species:

  • Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971)
  • Biffarius botterae (Hernáez, Miranda & Tavares, 2020)
  • Biffarius delicatulus Rodrigues & Manning, 1992
  • Biffarius limosus (Poore, 1975)
...
 

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.

Biffarius
©Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Biffarius
©Molly B., some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Biffarius
©Molly B., some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Biffarius
©Molly B., some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)