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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Callianassidae ghost shrimp

Genus: Callianassa

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9 species (see list below)
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Callianassa acutirostella
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Callianassa bocourti
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Callianassa coriolisae
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Callianassa joculatrix
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Callianassa minima
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Callianassa modesta
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FAO

Northwest Pacific.

Callianassa petaluraStimpson, 1860

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Callianassa petalura
[Flower ghost shrimp]
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Callianassa subterranea
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FAO

Eastern Central Atlantic

Callianassa turneranaWhite, 1861

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Callianassa turnerana
[Cameroon ghost shrimp]


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