Callianassa is a genus of mud shrimps, in the family Callianassidae. Three of the species in this genus (C. candida, C. tyrrhena and C. whitei) have been split off into a new genus, Pestarella, while others such as Callianassa filholi have been moved to Biffarius. Species Forty-six species are currently recognised in the genus Callianassa: Callianassa acutirostella Sakai, 1988 Callianassa affinis A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 Callianassa amplimaxilla Sakai, 2002 Callianassa anoploura Sakai, 2002 Callianassa aqabaensis Dworschak, 2003 Callianassa australis Kensley, 1974 Callianassa bangensis Sakai, 2005 Callianassa batei Woodward, 1869 Callianassa brachytelson Sakai, 2002 Callianassa brevirostris Sakai, 2002 Callianassa chakratongae Sakai, 2002 Callianassa contipes Sakai, 2002 Callianassa costaricensis Sakai, 2005 Callianassa diaphora Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974 Callianassa exilimaxilla Sakai, 2005 Callianassa gravieri Nobili, 1905 Callianassa gruneri Sakai, 1999 Callianassa intermedia De Man, 1905 Callianassa joculatrix De Man, 1905 Callianassa japonica Ortmann, 1892 Callianassa lignicola Alcock & Anderson, 1899 Callianassa limosa Poore, 1975 Callianassa lobetobensis De Man, 1905 Callianassa longicauda Sakai, 1967 Callianassa malaccaensis Sakai, 2002 Callianassa marchali Le Loeuff & Intes, 1974 Callianassa matzi Sakai, 2002 Callianassa mocambiquensis Sakai, 2004 Callianassa modesta De Man, 1905 Callianassa nieli Sakai, 2002 Callianassa nigroculata Sakai, 2002 Callianassa parva Edmondson, 1944 Callianassa parvula Sakai, 1988 Callianassa persica Sakai, 2005 Callianassa plantei Sakai, 2004 Callianassa propriopedis Sakai, 2002 Callianassa pugnatrix De Man, 1905 Callianassa pygmaea De Man, 1928 Callianassa rathbunae Glaessner, 1929 Callianassa sahul Poore, 2008 Callianassa spinoculata Sakai, 2005 Callianassa stenomastaxa Sakai, 2002 Callianassa subterranea (Montagu, 1808) Callianassa tabogensis Sakai, 2005 Callianassa tenuipes Sakai, 2002 Callianassa thailandica Sakai, 2005 Callianassa thorsoni Sakai, 2005 Several species are known from the fossil record, including: †Callianassa elegans Bohm 1922 (Java) References Thalassinidea Decapod genera