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