Species Biffarius limosus (Poore, 1975)
- Callianassa limosa 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 [201 figs 4, 5].
Type data:
Holotype NMV J274 ♀, central Port Phillip Bay, about 8 km off Dromana, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV J275 ♂ (as allotype); NMV J276 10 specimens, central Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
Generic Combinations
- Biffarius limosa (Poore, 1975).
- Notiax limosus (Poore, 1975). —
Sakai, K. 2011. Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs 13: 1-616 [384] - Callianassa limosus (Poore, 1975).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, continental shelf, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Muddy to clay substrates, low tide to 100 m depth.
General References
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) |
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10-May-2022 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 23-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | |
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 | 02-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |