Callianideidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Thalassinidea
Superfamilia: Callianassoidea

Familia: Callianideidae
Genera: Callianidea - Heardaxius – Marcusiaxius - Meticonaxius - Paracallianidea - Paracalliax
Name

Callianideidae Kossman, 1880

References

Poore, G.C.B. 2015. Rediagnosis of Callianideidae and its genera (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea), and description of a new species of Heardaxius Sakai, 2011. Zootaxa 3995(1): 229–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.19. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Callianideidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.[1]
Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows Callianideidae's placement within Axiidea, from analysis by Wolfe et al., 2019.[2]

Axiidea	Axiidae Callianideidae Gourretiidae Callianassidae

Genera

Callianideidae contains the following genera:[1]

Callianidea H.Milne Edwards, 1837
Crosniera Kensley & Heard, 1991
Heardaxius K.Sakai, 2011
Mictaxius Kensley & Heard, 1991
Paracallanidea Sakai, 1992
Paracallianidea K.Sakai, 1992
Thomassinia de Saint Laurent, 1979

References

"Callianideidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
Wolfe, Joanna M.; Breinholt, Jesse W.; Crandall, Keith A.; Lemmon, Alan R.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Timm, Laura E.; Siddall, Mark E.; Bracken-Grissom, Heather D. (24 April 2019). "A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286 (1901). doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0079. PMID 31014217.