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Callianassa (disambiguation)

Callianassa can refer to:

  • Callianassa, one of the Nereids
  • Callianassa (genus), a genus of mud-shrimp including
    • C. filholi
    • C. subterranea
    • C. tyrrhena (now known as Pestarella tyrrhena)
Callianassa

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.

Usage examples of "callianassa".

There were Glauce, Thalia and Cymodoce, Nesaia, Speo, thoe and dark-eyed Halie, Cymothoe, Actaea and Limnorea, Melite, Iaera, Amphithoe and Agave, Doto and Proto, Pherusa and Dynamene, Dexamene, Amphinome and Callianeira, Doris, Panope, and the famous sea-nymph Galatea, Nemertes, Apseudes and Callianassa.