Pestarella is a
genus of
thalassinidean crustacean erected in 2003 from former members of the genus
Callianassa. It is distinguished from
Callianassa by the rounded, rather than squarish
telson, and by the absence of the first two
pleopods in males. The genus contains the following species:
- Pestarella candida (Olivi, 1792)
- Pestarella convexa (de Saint Laurent & Le Loeuff, 1979)
- Pestarella rotundicaudata (Stebbing, 1902)
- Pestarella tyrrhena (Petagna, 1792)
- Pestarella whitei (Sakai, 1999)