Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.
Callianassidae Temporal range: Pennsylvanian to Recent[1] (based on Ophiomorpha trace fossils)
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Pestarella tyrrhena | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
(unranked): | Reptantia |
Infraorder: | Axiidea |
Family: | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 |
Genera | |
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The cladogram below shows Callianassidae's placement within Axiidea, from analysis by Wolfe et al., 2019.[2]
Axiidea |
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Callianassidae is divided into 41 genera:[3]