WoRMS taxon details
Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971)
158382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158382)
accepted
Species
Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trypaea biformis (Biffar, 1971) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971) Biffar, T.A. (1971). New species of Callianassa (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) from the Western Atlantic. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 21: 225-236. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype (of Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971) USNM...
Holotype (of Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971) USNM 135052, verbatimGeounit USA, GA, Doboy Sound... [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy (Minas Basin) to Florida
Distribution Bay of Fundy (Minas Basin) to Florida [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Biffarius biformis (Biffar, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158382 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971) Biffar, T.A. (1971). New species of Callianassa (Decapoda, Thalassinidea) from the Western Atlantic. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 21: 225-236. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
[request]basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R., Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L. (2019). A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria,.</em> 78, 73–146., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971) USNM 135052, verbatimGeounit USA, GA, Doboy Sound... [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Bay of Fundy (Minas Basin) to Florida [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biffarius biformis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (54 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 135052) (from synonym Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biffarius biformis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (54 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 135052) (from synonym Callianassa biformis Biffar, 1971)
To ITIS