Species Arenallianassa arenosa (Poore, 1975)
Sand Ghost Shrimp
- Callianassa arenosa Poore, G.C.B. 1975. Systematics and distribution of Callianassa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Macrura) from Port Phillip Bay, Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Pacific Science 29(2): 197-209 8 figs [197 figs 1, 2].
Type data:
Holotype NMV J271 ♀, eastern side, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV J273 10 specimens, Port Phillip Bay, VIC; NMV J272 1 specimen (allotype), Port Phillip Bay (eastern side) VIC.
Generic Combinations
- Biffarius arenosa (Poore, 1975).
- Arenallianassa arenosus (Poore, 1975). —
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [136]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, estuary, littoral, sand bottom, shallow sublittoral, silt bottom.
General References
Bird, F.L., Ford, P.W. & Hancock, G.J. 1999. Effect of burrowing macrobenthos on the flux of dissolved substances across the water-sediment interface. Marine and Freshwater Research 50: 523-532
Bird, F.L. & Poore, G.C.B. 1999. Functional burrow morphology of Biffarius arenosus (Decapoda: Callianassidae) from southern Australia. Marine Biology, Berlin 134: 77-87
Boon, P.I., Bird, F.L. & Bunn, S.E. 1997. Diet of the intertidal callianassid shrimps Biffarius arenosus and Trypaea australiensis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea) in Western Port (southern Australia), determined with mulyiple stable-isotope analyses. Marine and Freshwater Research 48(6): 503-511
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R. Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L 2019. A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 73-146 [91]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2020 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 16-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 26-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 08-Dec-2011 | 30-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |