Callianassidae

Callianassidae
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian to Recent (based on Ophiomorpha trace fossils)
Pestarella tyrrhena
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Clade: Reptantia
Infraorder: Axiidea
Family: Callianassidae
Dana, 1852
Genera

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Callianassidae is a family of ghost shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.