Callianassidae

Callianassidae
Temporal range: 323–0 Ma Pennsylvanian to Recent[1] (based on Ophiomorpha trace fossils)
Pestarella tyrrhena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
(unranked): Reptantia
Infraorder: Axiidea
Family: Callianassidae
Dana, 1852
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Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.

  1. ^ Bridge. J.S. and Demicco. R.V. (2008) Earth Surface Processes, Landforms and Sediment Deposits. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 322