Decanet taxon details
Callichirus major (Say, 1818)
367975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367975)
accepted
Species
Callianassa (Callichirus) major Say, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Callianassa major Say, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Callianassa major Say, 1818) Say, T. (1817 - 1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(1):57-63, 65-80 (pl.), 97-101, 155-169 (1817); 1(2): 235-253, 313-319, 374-401, 423-441 (1818)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/244401#/summary [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Callichirus major (Say, 1818). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367975 on 2026-06-09
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(of Callianassa major Say, 1818) Say, T. (1817 - 1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(1):57-63, 65-80 (pl.), 97-101, 155-169 (1817); 1(2): 235-253, 313-319, 374-401, 423-441 (1818)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/244401#/summary [details]
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
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details] Available for editors
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
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Carolinian ghost shrimp | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Callianassa major Say, 1818)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callichirus major)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (93 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Callianassa major Say, 1818)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callichirus major)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (93 records)
To ITIS