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Biffarius biformis  (Biffar, 1971)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552845

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971
  
    Trypaea biformis (Biffar, 1971)
  
  Common Name(s): biform ghost shrimp [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                      SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                         SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                            OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                               SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                  InfraorderAxiidea de Saint Laurent, 1979 – ghost shrimps, lobster shrimps  
                                     FamilyCallianassidae Dana, 1852 – ghost shrimps  
                                        GenusBiffarius Manning & Felder, 1991  
                                           SpeciesBiffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971) – biform ghost shrimp  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hernáez, Patricio, Marcel S. Miranda, and Marcos Tavares  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from the intertidal coast of northeastern Brazil   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4759, no. 4   
  Page(s): 575-583   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.8   
  Reference for: Biffarius biformis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Manning, Raymond B., and Darryl L. Felder  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 104, no. 4   
  Page(s): 764-792   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
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  Reference for: Biffarius biformis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Page(s): 545   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-64-6, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Biffarius biformis, biform ghost shrimp [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nizinski, Martha S.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 116, no. 1   
  Page(s): 96-157   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poore, Gary C. B., Peter C. Dworschak, Rafael Robles, Fernando L. Mantelatto, and Darryl L. Felder  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Memoirs of Museum Victoria, vol. 78   
  Page(s): 73-146   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1447-2554   
  Notes: doi: 10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05   
  Reference for: Biffarius biformis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: A  
 

 

    

 
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