Family CALLIANIDEIDAE Kossman, 1880

Museums

Regional Maps

• Callianideinae Kossmann, R. 1880. Malacostraca. (2 Theil: Anomura). pp. 67-140 in Kossmann, R. (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Auftrage der … Academie … ausgefuhrten Reise in die Kunstgebiete des Rothen Meeres. (Hälfte 2). Leipzig : Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Vol. 3. [80] [original spelling].

  Type genus:

   Callianidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837.
• Thomassiniinae de Saint Laurent, M. 1979. Sur la classification et la phylogénie des Thalassinides: définition des familles des Callianassidae et des Upogebiidae et diagnose de cinq genres nouveaux. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 288: 1395-1397 [1396].

  Type genus:

   Thomassinia de Saint Laurent, 1979.

Introduction

Callianideid ghost shrimps resemble callianassids and similar families in having a short triangular rostrum, flat eyestalks and no interacting lobes between the carapace and pleon but differ in having a long seta attached to the posterior lobe of the scaphognathite (epipod of the maxilla) (Poore 2015; Poore et al. 2019). Micheleids also have this long seta but in members of that family the carapace and pleonite interact by means of a pair of lobes and the eyestalks are cylindrical. Callianideids are assumed to be burrowers in soft sediments but species of Thomassinia have a unique toothbrush-like maxilliped 3 that suggests feeding on hard surfaces.

Poore (1997) reviewed the family, and Poore (1994) provided a key to genera. Poore (2015) synonymised Callianideidae and Thomassiniidae.

Diagnosis

Posterior margin of carapace without lateral lobes, pleonite 1 without anterolateral lobes, weakly chitinised. Maxilla scaphognathite with long seta on posterior lobe extending into branchial chamber.

Diagnosis References

Poore, G.C.B.,& Ahyong, S.T. 2023. Marine decapod Crustacea. A guide to families and genera of the World. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp. 928.

General References

Poore, G.C.B. 1994. A phylogeny of the families of Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) with keys to families and genera. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 54: 79-120

Poore, G.C.B. 1997. A review of the thalassinidean families Callianideidae Kossmann, Micheleidae Sakai, and Thomassiniidae de Saint Laurent (Crustacea, Decapoda) with descriptions of fifteen new species. Zoosystematica Rossica 19(2–3): 345-420

Poore, G.C.B. 2015. Rediagnosis of Callianideidae and its genera (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea), and description of a new species of Heardaxius Sakai, 2011. Zootaxa 3995(1): 229–240

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

History of changes