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Gilvossius
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Gilvossius

Gilvossius is a genus of thalassinidean crustacean erected in 1992 from former members of the genus Callianassa. It is distinguished from Callianassa by the rounded, rather than squarish telson, and by the absence of the first two pleopods in males. The genus contains the following species:

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sand Ghost Shrimp

speciesGilvossius tyrrhenus

Short-browed Mud Shrimp

speciesGilvossius setimanus

Gilvossius candidus

speciesGilvossius candidus

Round-tailed Sandprawn

speciesGilvossius rotundicaudatus

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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 248524.