Filhollianassa filholi | |
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F. filholi observed on Foxton Beach, North Island, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Callianassidae |
Genus: | Filhollianassa |
Species: | F. filholi
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Binomial name | |
Filhollianassa filholi (
A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Filhollianassa filholi is a ghost shrimp of the family Callianassidae, endemic to New Zealand, which grows up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long. [2] It was known as Biffarius filholi until a 2019 taxonomic revision of the group. [3]
Filhollianassa filholi as was originally described by Alphonse Milne-Edwards as Callianassa filholi A. Milne-Edwfrds,1879. [4] It was named after Henri Filhol, who collected specimens of it from Stewart Island, New Zealand. [4]