Biffarius is a
genus of
ghost shrimp in the
family Callianassidae, containing species formerly included in the genus
Callianassa. Its members are small and generally live in the
intertidal zone.
Biffarius was named in honour of Thomas A. Biffar, and includes the following species:
- Biffarius arenosus (Poore, 1975)
- Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971)
- Biffarius ceramicus (Fulton & Grant, 1906)
- Biffarius debilis Hernandez-Aguilera, 1998
- Biffarius delicatulus Rodrigues & Manning, 1992
- Biffarius filholi (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
- Biffarius fragilis (Biffar, 1970)
- Biffarius lewtonae (Ngoc-Ho, 1994)
- Biffarius melissae Poore, 2008
- Biffarius pacificus Guzman & Thadje, 2003
- Biffarius poorei (Sakai, 1999)
