Callianassa biffari Holthuis, 1991
Synonyms:
Callianassa biffari nom. nov., FAO species catalogue, vol. 13, Marine Lobsters of the World: 242
Callianassa biffari | new name for Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900, Occasional Papers California Academy Sciences, 7:162 (a junior primary homonym of Callianassa affinis A. Milne Edwards, 1860, Annales Sciences Naturelles, Paris, (Zool.) (4)14:188).
Biffar (unpubl. Ph.D. thesis, 1972, University of Miami) pointed out that the well known name Callianassa affinis Holmes, 1900 for a species from California is a junior primary homonym of Callianassa affinis A. Milne Edwards, 1860, for a fossil species from the Lutetian of Central France (Parnes). Biffar indicated the species as "Callianassa sp. A, new name". So far as was known to Holthuis (1991) no subsequent author has proposed a replacement name for the species (most continued to use the name affinis for it).
FAO Names:
Beach ghost shrimp [English]
Local Names:
USA: Beach ghost shrimp, Ghost shrimp (California)