Callichirus

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Callichirus

| image = Callichirus kraussi02.jpg

| image_caption = Illustrations of C. kraussi

| taxon = Callichirus

| authority = Stimpson, 1866

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

|}}

Callichirus is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Callianassidae.Manning RB, Felder DL (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104 [4]: 764-792. It was circumscribed by William Stimpson in 1866.