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Biffarius
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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)

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Muddy Ghost Shrimp

speciesBiffarius limosus

Biform Ghost Shrimp

speciesBiffarius biformis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 248523.