taxonID	type	description	language	source
E177585FC6021B36FF3CFA30FC39FEC1.taxon	materials_examined	Caridean shrimps represent the least known group among the decapod Crustacea along the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Nobili (1905 a, b) was the first who contributed to the Persian Gulf Caridea by describing four new species. He added 14 species by re-examining the collection made by J. Bonnier and Ch. Perez in the Gulf in 1901. Banner & Banner (1981) examined material of the Danish Expedition to Iran together with two more species from Iranian waters of the Gulf. They identified 15 species including Alpheus bisincisus (De Haan, 1849), A. edwardsii (Audouin, 1826), A. euphrosyne (De Man, 1897), A. lobidens (De Haan, 1849), A. lottini (Guérin-Méneville, 1829), A. rapax (Fabricius, 1798), A. parvirostris (Dana, 1859), Arete indicus (Coutière, 1903), Synalpheus coutierei (Banner, 1853), S. neomeris (De Man, 1897), S. paraneomeris (Coutière, 1905), S. Paul’soni (Nobili, 1906), S. quinquedens (Tattersall, 1921), S. streptodactylus (Coutière, 1905), and S. triunguiculatus (Paul’son, 1875). Of these, 9 were new records for the Gulf. Unfortunately, they did not mention the localities of the examined species, but since the expedition was mainly conducted along the Iranian waters the recorded species are regarded as belonging to the Iranian fauna. Because the expedition undertook ship-based sampling, the species recorded by Banner & Banner (1981) are not listed in the present catalogue. De Grave (2007) listed eight new records of caridean shrimps from Qatar and raised the known number of Gulf carideans to 46. Sheibani (2008), in her unpublished thesis recorded 9 additional species from the Gulf. Kemponia elegans (Paul’son, 1875) [now Cuapetes elegans (Paul’son, 1875)], Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860), Processa cf. barnardi Hayashi, 1975, Salmoneus cf. brevirostris (Edmondson, 1930), Salmoneus cf. gracilipes Miya, 1972, Athanas dimorphus Ortmann, 1894, Athanas indicus (Coutière, 1903), Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1850, and Alpheus cf. labis Banner & Banner, 1982. Of these, three species were new Gulf records. De Grave & Ashelby (2011) added three species to the caridean fauna and provided an updated checklist of 59 species from the Gulf excluding the three new records of Sheibani (2008). Twenty-seven shallow water carideans are recorded here from the Iranian coast, of which 24 were collected during the study. Eleven species are new records from the Gulf, raising the number of carideans in the area to 73.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6031B36FF3CFAA5FBEDF801.taxon	description	Apel (2001) collected some material from the Arabian coast and reviewed the previous literature on the Decapoda of the Persian Gulf and adjacent waters. He listed 33 anomuran species, of which 25 were hermit crabs and 18 porcellanids. Moradmand (2007) recorded in an unpublished thesis 15 hermit crab species from the Iranian coast, of which 13 were collected from the intertidal zone. Naderloo et al. (2012) provided an annotated check list of the known hermit crabs from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, including five new records, for a total number of 39 species of hermit crabs in the Persian Gulf. The Porcellanidae, one of the more diverse groups in the area, is currently being revised by Naderloo & Apel. Twenty-nine species of Anomura were collected from the Iranian intertidal zone, of which Polyonyx loimicola Sankolli, 1965, is new to the Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6031B36FF3CFED9FBBBFA8E.taxon	materials_examined	Thalassinidean shrimps (infraorders Axiidea and Gebiidea) are the least common in terms of species number when compared to other intertidal groups of Persian Gulf decapods. There is now a relatively good knowledge of the Thalassinidea, but still there is no comprehensive checklist on the species and their distribution in the area. Nobili (1906 a) recorded two species, Upogebia hexaceras (Ortmann, 1894), and U. hirtifrons (White, 1847) [the latter renamed U. balssi De Man, 1927] from the southeast coast of UAE. Sakai (1982) re-examined Nobili’s (1906 a) records and identified both as U. darwini (Miers, 1884). Sakai (1984) added U. savignyi (Strahl, 1862) to the list of known Gulf thalassinideans. Sakai & Türkay (1995) examined the material collected by R. V. Akademik during 30 30 Nov. – Dec. 20, 1991 ” must be changed to “ 30 Nov. – 20 Dec. 1991 and described a new species, Upogebia nobilii Sakai & Türkay, 1995 [= Austinogebia spinifrons (Haswell, 1881), see Dworschak (2009)] and identified U. plantae Sakai, 1982, as new record. Both species were collected at a depth of 39 – 50 m off Iran in the northern Gulf. Sakai (2002, 2005, 2006) described three new species: Michaelcallianassa indica Sakai, 2002, Callianassa persica Sakai, 2005, and Arabigebicula rhynchos Sakai, 2006, from the northern Gulf off Iran. Dworschak (2009) examined material collected from two oilfields off Qatar in 1995, 1998 and 2003, and identified three species, Austinogebia spinifrons (Haswell, 1882), Gourretia coolibah Poore & Griffin, 1979, Neogebicula wistari Nguyen, 1995, of which the two latter were new to the Gulf. Sepahvand & Sari (2010) recorded seven species of Thalassinidea from the Qeshm I. intertidal in Iran, including U. carinicauda (Stimpson, 1860), G. coolibah, M. indica, Neochallichirus indicus [= Neocallichirus jousseaumei Nobili, 1904, see Dworschak (2011)], Podochalichirus masoomi (Tirmizi, 1970), Callianassa bouvieri Nobili, 1904 [according to Sakai (2011), now known as Gilvossius bouvieri (Nobili, 1904)], and Callianidea typa H. Milne Edwards, 1837. Seven species were collected from the Iranian coast during this study, of which Upogebia pseodochelata Tattersall, 1921, is a new record. A total of 15 species of thalassinidean shrimps are now known from the Gulf, which belong to four families, Callianassidae (3 species), Callianideidae (1 spieces), Gourretiidae (1 species) and Upogebiidae (10 species). Ten species are recorded here from the intertidal zone of the Iranian coast.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60E1B3BFF3CF946FCF3F895.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (four stations around the island). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (Queensland), Ryukyu Is., Fiji, Samoa, Society Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 50 m deep (Chace 1988).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60E1B3AFF3CF8B3FA97FEBE.taxon	description	General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Great Barrier Reef), Coral Sea, Caroline Is., Fiji, Samoa. This species entered the Mediterranean as an Erythrean alien through the Suez Canal (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999; Galil 2011). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. Chace (1988) recorded the species to 25 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60E1B3AFF3CF8B3FA97FEBE.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Alpheus edwardsii is sympatric with A. edamensis and A. lobidens on the Iranian coast.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60F1B3AFF3CFE91FD24FBA7.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (27 stations around the island), Hengam I., Bandar-Abbas, Badnar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Lengeh. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar-Dayyer, Bordehkhun Kohneh, Mond, Delvar (Eli Village), Chapahn, Bandar-Delvar, Bandargah, Bushehr, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Laylatayn, Bavirat, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Bandar- Mahshahr (Fishery Jetty of Majdieh), Bandar-Emam, Arvandkenar (Fishery Jetty). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Widely distributed across the Indo-West Pacific; South Africa, Red Sea (type locality) through Indian Ocean to the Hawaiian Is.; also recorded from Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea under A. crassimanus (see Banner & Banner 1981; Chace 1988). This species entered the Mediterranean as an Erythrean alien by way of the Suez Canal (Galil 2011). Habitat. Muddy intertidal, estuaries, mangroves, rocky / cobble intrtidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60F1B3AFF3CFE91FD24FBA7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Banner & Banner (1981) discussed the wide variations among different populations of this widely distributed species. They listed six distinct morphological characters among Red Sea specimens and differences between Red Sea material and other regions and concluded that there are different gene pools in different locations that are reflected by some distinct morphological characters. Banner & Banner (1981) also noticed remarkable colour variations among different specimens from the same locality in the Red Sea, which was also observed in the Persian Gulf specimens collected in this study.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60F1B3AFF3CFBE8FCECF9AC.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Bandar-Abbas, Qeshm I. Bushehr Province: Bavirat. General distribution. Endemic, only known from the Persian Gulf (Iran and Kuwait). Habitat. Muddy intertidal, estuaries.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60F1B3AFF3CFBE8FCECF9AC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Anker & De Grave (2009) described this species from the intertidal mudflats of Bubiyan I. off northern Kuwait. This medium size species (CL of male from 6.0 mm to 10.0 mm) is readily distinguished from its congeners in the area by having a distinct spine-shaped tooth on the mesial face of the palm of the large cheliped, in particular from its sympatric and more common species A. lobidens. Anker & De Grave (2009) mentioned that A. lutosus is sympatric with A. lobidens De Haan, 1849, and A. rapax Fabricius, 1798, in the muddy estuaries of Kuwait, but the latter was not collected during the present study.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60F1B3AFF3CF9E3FCE0F805.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga. Habitat. Muddy intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60F1B3AFF3CF9E3FCE0F805.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The single male collected agrees well with the description and illustrations that Banner & Banner (1981: 210 – 21, fig. 65 a – i) provided for material from Australia.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60C1B39FF3CFFB1FA99FE77.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Pantropical: Widely distributed from the Red Sea (Banner & Banner, 1981) through the Indian Ocean to the eastern Pacific, eastern and western Atlantic as well as West African Coast (Kim & Abele 1988). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. Chace (1988) recorded the species from rocky intertidal to 18 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60C1B39FF3CFED8FD13FC84.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Suza). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60C1B39FF3CFED8FD13FC84.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Alpheus sp. 1 is closely related to the Alpheus lobidens - species group, by possessing crests of balaeniceps setae on the cheliped dactylus of both males and females and the presence of a relatively short rostral spine. Specimens in this collection are most similar to A. lobidens, but are easily distinguished from it by a relatively deep distal saddle on the upper margin on the major cheliped, the shoulder is slightly overhanging, carpus of the second pereopods with first and the second segments nearly of the same length. The species will be described as new together with Arthur Anker.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60C1B39FF3CFC8BFECDFB39.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Namakdan, between Qeshm City and Plage-Simin), Hengam I., Mahtabi. Bushehr Province: Delvar (Eli Village). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, China, Japan, Australia (Norfolk I., Western Australia, Queensland), Tuamotus, Marshall Islands. Habitat. Rocky / sandy intertidal to shallow subtidal; symbiotic with sea urchin Echinometra mathaei (see Sheibani 2008).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60C1B39FF3CFA11FBC6F853.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (ten stations around the island), Hengam I. Bushehr Province: Delvar, (Eli Village), Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Tanzania), Suez Canal, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW), New Caledonia, Marshall Islands. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. Chace (1988) mentioned that this species is commonly found in detritus on shallow reef flats, rarely to a depth of 115 m. All specimens in this study were collected under rocks in rocky shores.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60C1B39FF3CFA11FBC6F853.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Athanas dimorphus was found to be the most common species of Athanas on the Iranian coast. Banner & Banner (1966) described a subspecies from Thailand, A. dimorphus seedang and commented that the only difference with A. dimorphus is the size of the chelipeds in females, which are nearly as long as the merus in A. dimorphus and half as long as the merus in their subspecies. In the examined material the ratio is identical with A. dimorphus Ortmann, 1894. Athanas dimorphus seeding was synonymized with A. dimorphus by Chace (1988). A brief description of the Persian Gulf specimens was provided by Sheibani (2008).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CFFB1FC92FDCB.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, Maldives, Lakshadweep, Indonesia, Christmas I., Australia (Great Barrier Reef), Coral Sea Is., Marianas, Marshall Islands, Wake (Guam), Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Is., Phoenix Is., Tuamotus, Tahiti, Marquesas Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CFFB1FC92FDCB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is easily distinguishable from the three other congeners recorded by the presence of a distinct supracorneal spine. An ovigerous female (SMF 34717) collected by M. Apel from the Saudi Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf was also identified as A. djiboutensis.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CFD4CFE0DFBD3.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Qeshm I. (Type locality, 2 km east of desalination center). General distribution. Endemic: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormoz. Habitat. Sandy-muddy / muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CFD4CFE0DFBD3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Athanas iranicus was described from a single male from Qeshm I. It is assigned to the Athanas dimorphus species-group, which is mainly characterized by the general shape of the first chelipeds and their ability to be carried flexed, with the chela fitting in the deeply depressed merus (Anker & Jeng 2007; Anker, et al. 2010). Athanas iranicus is closely related to Athanas squillophilus Hayashi, 2002, described from Japan, by the presence of dense rows of long setae on the palms of the chelipeds, a character that also distinguishes the species from the remaining congeners.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CFB47FED8F9D9.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Chiruyeh (5 km E. of Chiruyeh). General distribution. Pantropical: Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf to Samoa; western Atlantic from North Carolina to Barbados, and the Yucatan Peninsula; eastern Pacific from Ecuador to Panama; Galapagos Is., Cocos and Clarion Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to shallow subtidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CFB47FED8F9D9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Automate dolichognatha is a widely distributed and well-known species. It agrees with the key and diagnosis by Banner & Banner (1973) and Chace (1988). Banner & Banner (1973) discussed the variation observed among the different populations of the species. Arthur Anker (pers. comm.), who is revising the genus, confirmed the identification.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CF973FAD7F8BA.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Shib-Deraz). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Thailand, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60D1B38FF3CF973FAD7F8BA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sheibani (2008) first recorded the species from the Persian Gulf. She provided a detailed description and drawings for the specimens and discussed differences with other species from other regions.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFFB1FE1AFE13.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku), Bandar-Khamir. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, South Korea, Japan, Majuro Atoll (Micronesia). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFFB1FE1AFE13.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sheibani (2008) first recorded the species from the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, previously known only from the Pacific. The single ovigerous female agrees well with the original description by Miya (1972: 38 – 42, plate 3, table 3).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFD04FAE5FC34.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, southern India, Thailand, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), and throughout the rest of the West Pacific, but not the Hawaiian Is. and Japan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, associated with sponges. Shallow subtidal to 77 m (Chace 1988).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFD04FAE5FC34.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The name Synalpheus coutierei was proposed by Banner (1953) in replacement of Synalpheus biunguiculatus (Stimpson, 1860), which had been described based on material from Ambon, Indonesia. The few specimens examined for the present study agree well with published descriptions and illustrations (Banner 1953: 36; Banner & Banner 1966: 42 – 45, fig. 20 a – i; Banner & Banner 1975: 343 – 345, fig. 18 a – i; Chace 1988: 77).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFB1BFAD9FAA9.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu and Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Caroline Is., Fiji. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. Rocky and coral shallow subtidal to 90 m (Chace, 1988).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFB1BFAD9FAA9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species was described by Banner & Banner (1974) from Australia and further characterized by Chace (1988) from the Philippines. The Persian Gulf material agrees with their descriptions and illustrations.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFAE1FE22F89B.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Maldives Archipelago, Gulf of Manaar, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (Northern Terrritory, Queensland) Fiji, Caroline Is., Marshal Islands,. Habitat. Rocky Intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60A1B3FFF3CFAE1FE22F89B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is easily distinguishable from its two Persian Gulf congeners by the strongly projecting posterolateral angles of the telson, which forms a spine-shaped tooth. Banner & Banner (1975) described the variations in the posterolateral corners of the telson of Australian specimens. Such variations were not seen in the Persian Gulf specimens.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3EFF3CFFF8FC19FD5C.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: East of Bandar-Abbas. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Mozambique, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, South India, Andaman Is., French Polynesia. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal with shell fragments.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3EFF3CFFF8FC19FD5C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Tirmizi & Kazmi (1984) recorded this species from the northern Arabian Sea in Pakistan. Specimens of H. ventricosa show variations on the number of teeth on the upper and lower margins of the rostrum, which was partly discussed by Tirmizi & Ghani (1984). The five specimens collected have a rostral spination formula of 1 – 2 / 1 – 3. Other general characteristics of the material are identical with those of previously described specimens (e. g. Kemp 1914, Holthuis 1947; Tirmizi & Kazmi 1984).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3EFF3CFDF3FDD1FB41.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, large number of specimens collected from jellyfishes trapped in the nets of a fishing boat). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya), Madagascar, Comoro Is., Seychelles, Red Sea, Djibouti, Yemen, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Caroline Is., Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tuvalu and Tuamotus. Habitat. Symbiotic with medusae.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3EFF3CFDF3FDD1FB41.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The present specimens generally agree with the description and illustrations provided for the original material (a single ovigerous female from Bombay) deposited in the Bombay Natural History Museum (Kemp 1914: 104 – 105, pl. 5, figs. 3 – 5).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3EFF3CFBC9FE84F96B.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Zealand. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, coral reefs. Recorded to 60 m (Chace 1988).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3EFF3CFBC9FE84F96B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the second record of the species from the Persian Gulf, confirming its occurence in the region. The present specimens generally agree with published descriptions and illustrations [Holthuis 1993: 220 (in key); Hayashi & Miyake 1968: 156, 157]. The rostral spination formula varies within this species. The formula among 10 specimens examined here ranged from 6 – 9 dorsally and 3 – 6 ventrally. The common formula in the present specimens is 7 dorsal and 3 ventral. Sheibani (2008) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3DFF3CF82CFDA0FEC1.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, Dustku). General distribution. Pantropical: South Africa to Red Sea, from the Persian Gulf throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans; Caribbean Sea (Chace 1972). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, associated with sea anemones (Anthozoa).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC60B1B3DFF3CF82CFDA0FEC1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. De Grave (2007) recorded this species based on a single female from 9.4 m from Qatar. Several specimens from Qeshm I., collected during this investigation, confirm the occurrence of this widely distributed tropical species in the Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6081B3DFF3CFB5BFBC1F999.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (7 km E. of Shib-Deraz). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, India, Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Malay Archipelago, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ryukyu Is., Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Solomon Is., Caroline Is., Marshall Islands, Society Is., Tuamotus, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble and reef intertidal. Bruce (2004) mentioned that the species occurs in coral reef habitat ranging from shallow subtidal to 53 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6081B3DFF3CFB5BFBC1F999.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sheibani (2008) recorded this species from one station in the Persian Gulf and several stations along the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman. She has provided a detailed description and illustration for the Persian Gulf specimens and discussed on the varieties among the specimens (see Sheibani 2008).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6081B3DFF3CFEDAFE3EFC43.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Manaar, Singapore. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6081B3DFF3CFEDAFE3EFC43.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of the species from the western Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. This is the third crangonid known from the Persian Gulf, two having been recorded by De Grave & Ashelby (2011). A single female is in agreement with the original description and illustration of Kemp (1916 a: text-fig. 6, pl. 3, fig. 6). The only account on the living colour was given by Kemp (1916 a: 374): “ pale, mottled and spotted with dark umber, tending to maroon at the sides and on the appendages and forming distinct blotches on pleura of the first, fourth and sixth abdominal somites ”.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6081B3CFF3CF9B1FEB6FEE2.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach), Mahtabi. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya), Madagascar, Comoro Is., Seychelles, Red Sea, Djibouti, Yemen, Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Great Barrier Reef), Caroline Is., Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Tuamotus, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, this species has been reported from the coral reef intertidal to 24 m (see Bruce 2004; Li 2008).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6081B3CFF3CF9B1FEB6FEE2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. In his comprehensive revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884, Bruce (2004) introduced the genus Kemponia and moved 24 species previously placed in Periclimenes to this new genus. Okuno (2009) noted that the genus Cuapetes Clark, 1919, is a senior synonym of Kemponia Bruce, 2004, and must be used instead. The detailed description and illustrations of the species have been provided by Kemp (1922), Holthuis (1952) and Bruce (1976).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B3CFF3CFC64FDA3FB88.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dargahan). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Chagos Archipelago, Maldives, Nicobar Is., Ryukyu Is., Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Moluccas, Australia (Great Barrier Reef), Tuamotus, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Sandy-mud intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B3CFF3CFEB2FE6BFD33.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Kaveh Jetty, Dargahan), Mahtabi, 15 km. E of Bandar-Lengeh. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Persian Gulf, India, Mergui Archipelago, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland). Habitat. Sandy-muddy intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B3CFF3CFEB2FE6BFD33.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The identity of the specimens has been checked by Sammy De Grave (pers. comm.). Sheibani (2008) recorded Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) from the Persian Gulf, which is most probably a misidentification of P. serrifer.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B3CFF3CFA13FB1FF9B1.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Shib-Deraz). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Australia (Southern Australia). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B3CFF3CFA13FB1FF9B1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sheibani (2008) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, which was the first record for the Gulf of Oman. She has briefly discussed on the taxonomy of the species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B23FF3CF849FD2DFEB9.taxon	description	General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Chagos Archipelago, Gulf of Manaar, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia (Java), Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6091B23FF3CF849FD2DFEB9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Microprosthema validum is taxonomically a well known species and described in detail by Holthuis (1946: 50 – 54, Pl. 3, fig. h). The nearest record of this widely distributed species is from Pakistani waters in the northern Arabian Sea (Tirmizi & Kazmi 1979).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6161B23FF3CFD8BFDC5FC62.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (two stations along the south coast). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Tanzania, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Maldives, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Mariana Is. (Guam), Wake I., Funafuti Atoll (Tuvalu), western Samoa, Tahiti. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6161B23FF3CFBB9FA83FA27.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (desalination center). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Maldives, Japan. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6161B23FF3CFBB9FA83FA27.taxon	discussion	Remark. Sepahvand & Sari (2010) recorded this species as Callianassa bouvieri Nobili, 1904, from Qeshm I. in Iranian waters. Komai & Tachikawa (2008) described a new genus, Paratrypaea Komai & Tachikawa, 2008, based on the present species. Sakai (2011) synonymized these two genera and regarded the genus Gilvossius Manning & Felder, 1992, as a senior subjective synonym of Paratrypaea Komai & Tachikawa, 2008.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6161B23FF3CF968FC14F874.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku, Basaeedu, desalination center), Bandar-Abbas (east of the city), Bandar-Khamir (east of fishery jetty), Mahtabi. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Andaman Sea. Habitat. Sandy-mud / muddy-sand intertidal to 32 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6161B23FF3CF968FC14F874.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sakai (2002) recorded this species from the subtidal zone in the northern Persian Gulf (29 º 29.897 ' N, 49 º 54.108 ' E). During the present study this species was collected intertidally in muddy-sand and sandymud substrates, and is relatively common in the low-intertidal zone.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B22FF3CFBC3FE8DF983.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (desalination center). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Australia (Western Australia). Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B22FF3CFBC3FE8DF983.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Gourretia coolibah has been described by Poore & Griffin (1979) on the basis of a single female from Western Australia. Dworschak (2009) recorded this species from Qatar in the Persian Gulf and provided a detailed description and illustrations of the specimens. He recorded the first male of the species. Sepahvand & Sari (2010) recorded G. coolibah from Qeshm I. at the Iranian coast, but we did not get a chance to collect this species ourselves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B22FF3CFFB1FB2AFD83.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, desalination center, Tula, Salakh, Laft). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Djibouti, Gulf of Tadjourah, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Thailand, Ryukyu Is. (Japan), Philippines, Indonesia, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B22FF3CFFB1FB2AFD83.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Recently, Dworschak (2011) synonymized N. indicus with Neocallichirus jousseaumei Nobili, 1904. He described and depicted a large variation within the species. He mentioned that N. jousseaumei is a junior subjective synonym of N. indicus, whereas N. jousseaumei is the senior subjective synonym of the latter and consequently was synonymized by Dworschak (2011). There is a serious error in his paper; for jousseaumei it should read “ senior ” instead of “ junior ” as evidenced by date of authors and text of the paper.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B22FF3CFD94FF50FB88.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (east of Fajr Jetty). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B22FF3CFD94FF50FB88.taxon	discussion	Remark. Tirmizi (1970) originally described Callianassa (Callichirus) masoomi Tirmizi, 1970, from the Pakistan waters of western Karachi. Sakai (1999) transferred this species to his newly erected genus Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999. Sakai (2011) discussed the taxonomic position of this species and mentioned the morphological differences between T. masoomi and type species of the genus Podocalichirus Sakai, 1999, namely Callianassa madagassa Lenz & Richters, 1881. He assigned T. masoomi in the new genus Tirmizicallichirus Sakai, 2011.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B21FF3CF8BFFC4AFE76.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dargahan, desalination center), Mahtabi. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, India, Mergui Archipelago, Vietnam, South China Sea, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW). Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6171B21FF3CF8BFFC4AFE76.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sakai (2006: 98 – 101) elaborately discussed on the variations, in particular on chelate and subchelate forms of the first pereopods which formerly had caused some taxonomic problems. He synonymized the recently described Upogebia rupicola Komai, 2005, with U. carinicauda.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6141B21FF3CFED9FBC3FAD7.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, Dustku, Namakdan). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Thailand, South China Sea, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 32 m. It is found in sponge.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6141B21FF3CFED9FBC3FAD7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Upogebia darwinii has frequently been confused with U. hexaceras (Ortmann, 1894) and U. octoceras (Nobili, 1906 a). Subsequently, their taxonomic position was extensively discussed by several authors (e. g. Sakai 1982, 2006; Nguyen 1990). Finally, Sakai (2006) after examining a huge amount of material including type specimens of these three species, and with reference to their variable morphologies and wide distribution ranges, discussed the associated problem in detail (Sakai 2006: 101 – 114). He finally came to the result that all three species are the same. Therefore, he suggested that U. octoceras and U. hexaceras both were junior synonyms of U. darwinii. Nguyen (1990: 984, tab. 3) compared these three species regarding some important characters including: 1 - Number of rostral spines, 2 - Lateral expansions of sixth abdominal segment, 3 - Denticulation of posterior border of sixth abdominal segment, 4 - Shape of telson, 5 - Presence / absence of mesiodistal spine on the palm of the cheliped, 6 - Denticulation on the cutting edge of fixed finger. Regarding almost all mentioned characters above, our specimens are closely related to the U. octoceras; however, the posterior margin of the sixth abdominal segment is weekly dentate. Upogebia hexaceras reported by Nobili (1906 a) from the Persian Gulf was identified by Nguyen (1990: 981) as U. octoceras. Sakai (1982, 2006) identified both species U. hexaceras and U. hirtifrons (White, 1847) with U. darwinii. For more detailed taxonomic data see Sakai (2006).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6141B21FF3CFA78FC8CF964.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (south coast, 5 km W. of the city). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Socotra, Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6141B21FF3CFA78FC8CF964.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The present specimens are in complete agreement with the descriptions and illustrations given by Tattersall (1921: 395, pl. 28, figs. 16 – 22) and Sakai (1982: 37, figs. 6 e, 8 e – f). The nearest record of the species to the Persian Gulf is the one from Socotra I. by Sakai & Apel (2002). We examined the Socotra specimens (one male and one female, SMF 26523) for comparative purposes.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6141B20FF3CF82CFAE1FF09.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (south coast, 5 km W. of the town). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Kenya, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. Intertidal to shallow subtidal, associated with sponges. Sakai (1984) recorded this species from Saudi Arabia [25 ° 55 ' N 50 ° 16 ' E, depth 7 fathoms (= 13 m), in Ircinia- type sponge.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6151B20FF3CFEDFFF7FFCA5.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Basaeedu). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, South India. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6151B20FF3CFEDFFF7FFCA5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Pachycheles natalensis has frequently been recorded from the Persian Gulf and adjacent waters, and is a taxonomically well known species of the genus. Nobili (1906 a) has recorded this species as Pachycheles sculptus.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6151B20FF3CFCEAFB08FA97.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6151B20FF3CFCEAFB08FA97.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The present record is the second record of the species from the Persian Gulf. Titgen (1982) recorded one single female of this species from the Arabian coast at Dubai. One of us (R. N.) examined his specimen and his identification could be convincingly supported. During the present study, this species was collected from Djod village at the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, where was so far no record of the species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6151B20FF3CFAB8FC1AF80C.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Dargahan, Basaeedu, Dustku). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Gulf of Manaar, Mergui-Archipelago, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6151B20FF3CFAB8FC1AF80C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is widely distributed in the Indo-west Pacific. In the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, it is one of the common porcellanid crabs in the high intertidal zone with rocky and stony structure. Petrolisthes boscii has sometimes taxonomically been confused with P. moluccensis (e. g. Nobili 1906 a), but as Haig (1966) mentioned, it is clearly different from the latter by having short setae on the inner side of the fingers, and by lacking spines on the anterior margin of walking legs. Adults differ from young specimens (CL <6 mm) in two following characters: strata on carapace and appendages are prominently shorter and usually squamiform (Paul’son 1975: 93 – 94); the front of adults is clearly broader than long and triangular.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CFFB1FB89FDCB.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (12 stations around the island), Mahtabi, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Dayyer, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CFFB1FB89FDCB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is one of the most common species of porcellanid crabs in rocky habitats along the Iranian coast. Interestingly, this species has still not been recorded from the Arabian coast. Apel (2001) did not find it neither at the Saudi Arabian and nor the UAE coasts in his extensive sampling.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CFD4CFBB7FBD0.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Most common porcellanid along Iranian coast, being found in any rocky shore. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Nicobar Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CFD4CFBB7FBD0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Petrolisthes rufescens is the most common species and has frequently been recorded from the Persian Gulf. Apel (2001) has collected several specimens along the Saudi Arabian and the UAE coasts, and listed them as Petrolisthes sp. nov. [aff. rufescens (Heller, 1861)] in Apel (2001: 41, 42).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CFB47FF66FA02.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. [8 stations in the present study and one station by Haig (1966)], Bostano (Parsian), Chiruyeh, Farur I. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Somalia, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Western India, Bay of Bengal. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CFB47FF66FA02.taxon	discussion	Remarks. There is still no record of the species from the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf, and as well from the Southern Gulf of Oman, while it has been recorded from the Iranian coast of both the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CF908FD50F828.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (three stations around the island). Bushehr Province: Bandar-Dayyer, Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. Khuzestan Province: Khor Musa. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6121B27FF3CF908FD50F828.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Haig (1966) recorded Pisidia cf. spinulifrons from the Iranian coast and Bahrain. Later, Haig (1981) synonymized this species with Pisidia gordoni (Johnson, 1970). Nobili’s (1906 a) record of Porcellana serratifrons from Arzanah I. in the UAE and from the Iranian coast between El Katif and Bushehr has been listed under synonymies of the present species (see Haig 1966).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B26FF3CFFB1FC5CFDE7.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Suza). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B26FF3CFFB1FC5CFDE7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Haig (1966) verified Nobili’s specimens of P. inaequalis and confirmed that the specimens belong to the genus Pisidia according to two main characters of the genus. Unfortunately, Nobili’s specimens were not available to us, but by referring to Haig’s statement (1966: 54, 55) and Nobili’s description and illustrations (1906 a: 74, 75, Pl, 2. fig. 18), this record can be convincingly accepted. Therefore, our record is actually the second one of this species from the Persian Gulf, and confirms its presence in the region.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B26FF3CFDA8FE7AFC34.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dargahan, Kuweii). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B26FF3CFDA8FE7AFC34.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sankolli (1965) described P. loimicola from India. Tirmizi et al. (1989) recorded it from Pakistan in Guadr Bay in the vicinity of Iranian border. In the present study, this rare species was found buried in the sandy / muddy substrate mixed with shell fragments, which is the typical habitat of the thalassinid shrimps of Upogebia carinicauda in the Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B26FF3CFB1BFECBF901.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku, Basaeedu). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, sponge associated species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B26FF3CFB1BFECBF901.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Johnson (1958) mentioned that the records of P. parvidens and P. paucidens by Nobili (1905 a, 1906 a) from the Persian Gulf were based on juvenile specimens of P. obesulus. Haig (1966) supported Johnson’s idea in synonymising Nobili’s species P. parvidens and P. paucidens with P. obesulus. Haig (1966) noted that juvenile specimens of P. obesulus resemble more closely the description of P. parvidens by Nobili (1905 a), in particular, regarding the presence of spines on the anterior margin of the merus and carpus of the cheliped. Titgen (1982) recorded this species from the Persian Gulf, Dubai. We examined his small specimen (CL / CB = 5.93 / 4.82), which looks slightly different in regard to a CL / CB ratio which is about 1.2, but in the present specimens from the Qeshm I. the carapace is clearly wider than long with CL / CB ratio average of 1.35. However, differences in the carapace-ratio can more likely be dependent on growth. Furthermore, Johnson (1958) stated that some small specimens from eastern India and the western Pacific examined by him have a ventral spine on the merus of cheliped; this was also noted by Haig (1964, 1966). But in the present specimen, as usual, no spine is seen on this part of cheliped.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B25FF3CF809FC34FD82.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, India (Madras). Habitat. The Danish Expedition material of the species was collected in the subtidal zone ranging from 7 to 50 m. depth, whereas during the present study it was collected in low-intertidal zone with rocky structure mixed with trapped muddy substrate.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6131B25FF3CF809FC34FD82.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Raphidopus indicus was first briefly described by Henderson (1983). Haig (1966) reported this species from several stations in the northern Persian Gulf, Bushehr waters, collected by the Danish Expedition, 1937 / 38 ”, which was the first record of this species out of its type locality. In her work, Haig (1966) has compared Raphidopus indicus with its only congener, R. ciliatus Stimpson, 1858, and has noticed some remarkable characters to distinguish these species from each other. She also remarked the presence of a tuberculated ridge on the upper surface of carpus of the cheliped and the presence of long hairs on the lateral sides of the carapace and the margins of the chelipeds and walking legs of the Persian Gulf material. Both of these characters were overlooked by Henderson (1893), while they are also seen in the present material. Furthermore, in the present specimens, the carpus of cheliped has four large spine-like teeth on the proximal half of the posterior margin, which was neither noticed by Henderson (1893) on the type material, nor by Haig (1966).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6101B25FF3CFC1BFBA8FB61.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Shib-Deraz). General distribution. Indian Ocean: East Africa (Tanzania), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Sandy beach.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6101B25FF3CFC1BFBA8FB61.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Albunea steinitzi is the only species of the family Albuneidae occurring in the Northwestern Indian Ocean (Boyko 2002). A detailed account of the species was provided by Boyko (2002). This is the first record of the species from the Persian Gulf. During the present study some specimens were also collected in sandy / rocky shore of Djod Village in Baluchestan along the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6101B25FF3CFA70FD41F924.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (four stations along south coast), Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Charak, Moghdan. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India. Habitat. Sandy beach, occurring in the splash zone of sandy beaches.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6101B25FF3CFA70FD41F924.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Emerita holthuisi is widely distributed species in the north Indian Ocean, and is the only representative of the genus in the region. SUPERFAMLY PAGUROIDEA Latreille, 1802	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6101B24FF3CF849FD88FEC1.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Widely distributed along the Iranian coast and coast of the visited islands (Qeshm, Kish, Lavan) General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somalia, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Sandy supralittoral.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6111B24FF3CFE90FADCFC18.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Moghdan, Qeshm I. (five stations along south coast). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somalia, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6111B24FF3CFE90FADCFC18.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Nobili (1906 a) originally described Paguristes Jousseaumei var. perspicax from Bahrain and Arzanah I. (Abu Dhabi) in the eastern Persian Gulf. Rahayu (2005) assigned the species of this group including Paguristes perspicax that are characterized by the possession of 12 pairs of gills to the genus Stratiotes Thomson 1899, while the members of the genus Paguristes Dana, 1851, have 13 pairs of gills. Rahayu & McLaughlin (2010) realized that Stratiotes Thomson 1899 was a junior homonym of Stratiotes Putzeys, 1846, a coleopteran genus. Therefore, they subsequently proposed Areopaguristes Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010 as a replacement name.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6111B24FF3CFB3FFC72F9FA.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Chagos Archipelago, Maldives, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Christmas I., Cocos-Keeling Is., Lord Howe I., Norfolk I., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW), French Polynesia, Tuamotu, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6111B24FF3CFB3FFC72F9FA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Calcinus latens has already been reported from the south-eastern part of the Gulf of Oman by Hogarth (1988, 1989) and Apel (2001). Lewinsohn (1969) erroneously recorded this species from the Persian Gulf with referrence to Nobili (1906 a). Nobili’s (1906 a) record was in fact from Station XXV, which is located at Al- Mukalla of Yemen in the north-eastern part of the Gulf of Aden. Such a statement has also been made by Apel (2001). Calcinus latens is mostly associated with coral beds in the Indian Ocean and in the current study a single male was found at a rocky intertidal shore partially covered with dead corals.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6111B2BFF3CF95AFEEAFEB9.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Somalia, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, South India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Cocos-Keeling I., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6111B2BFF3CF95AFEEAFEB9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The present record of Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849) from the Persian Gulf are not surprising as this species has already been recorded from the Gulf of Oman by Hogarth (1988, 1989) and Apel (2001) from the south coast and by Moradmand & Sari (2007 b) from the north coast along the Iranian side. All specimens collected by the latter have occupied shells of a common gastropod in the mangal ecosystem of the area, namely Telescopium telescopium. Clibanarius longitarsus is a common inhabitant of mangroves and muddy shores of the Indian Ocean belonging to a species group of the genus Clibanarius in which the dactylus of the walking legs is normally longer than the propodus. A single female and one juvenile were found in the pneumatophore zone of Avicenia marina in the protected mangroves area of Khalij-Nayband in the northern Persian Gulf (see Moradmand 2007).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61E1B2BFF3CFE91FAA3FCEA.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. During the present study this was the most common species of the rocky shores along entire Iranian coast. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61E1B2BFF3CFE91FAA3FCEA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the most common species within the intertidal zone of the Persian Gulf, and along the Iranian coast as well. Clibanarius signatus is one of the taxonomically well known species of the genus.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61E1B2BFF3CFCACFDECFAA8.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar Dayyer. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, India, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, New Guinea, Christmas I., Cocos-Keeling I., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW), Samoa, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61E1B2BFF3CFCACFDECFAA8.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Nobili (1906 a) has recorded this species as Pagurus euopsis Dana, 1852, from the coast of the UAE, which is a junior synonym of Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775). Members of the genus Dardanus usually carry a sea anemone on their shells, but to date there is no record of D. lagopodes in the Persian Gulf carrying a sea anemone (Apel 2001; Moradmand 2007).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61E1B2BFF3CFAEFFCAFF8B6.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar Abbas, Moghdan, Basatin. Bushehr Province: Bandar-Dayyer. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61E1B2BFF3CFAEFFCAFF8B6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Dardanus tinctor is a relatively common species in comparison to its congener, D. lagopodes on the Iranian coast and is usually found together with a symbiotic sea anemone on its shells (Apel 2001; Moradmand 2007; present study). Apel (2001) mentioned that the record of Dardanus pedunculatus by Barnard (1950) from South Africa would likely have to be referred to D. tinctor.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B2AFF3CFFB1FE47FDCB.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Between Bandar Abbas-Qeshm I. General distribution. Indo-west Pacific: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, Thailand, South China Sea, Indonesia. Habitat. Muddy-sand shallow subtidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B2AFF3CFFB1FE47FDCB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Titgen (1982) recorded this species as Diogenes diogenes (Linnaeus, 1758) from the UAE. McLaughlin & Holthuis (2001) discussed the identity of the species, and proposed a replacement name, namely Diogenes alias. They have elaborately described D. alias and synonymized all previous records of Diogenes diogenes with this species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B2AFF3CFD4CFE02FB1C.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. This species is widely distributed along the Iranian coast and was found at the most of the stations visited during the present study. Moradmand (2007) also recorded it from several stations all Iranian coast, and mentioned that D. avarus is the most common species of hermit crabs of the area. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Mergui-Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland). Habitat. Intertidal rocky / cobble, sandy, muddy.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B2AFF3CFD4CFE02FB1C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Diogenes avarus is the most common species among the decapod crustaceans occurring along the intertidal zone of the Iranian coast (Moradmand 2007; present study). This species shows some distinct variations in a few characters including the form of the large cheliped, spination on the three distal segments of the waking legs, size of the single spine on the upper side of the third antennal segment. Moradmand (2007: 101) has also remarked such variations in his Persian Gulf specimens. Rahayu & Forest (1995) regarded such differences as agedependent variations.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B2AFF3CFA33FD31F8F9.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kuhestak (Strait of Hormoz). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Australia (NSW). Habitat. Sandy beach.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B2AFF3CFA33FD31F8F9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) discussed the occurrence of this species in the Persian Gulf. He stated that the only record of this species is that of Motoh (1975) from Kuwait, which is more likely a misidentification of a more common species Diogenes dubius (Herbst, 1804). Siddiqui & McLaughlin (2003) discussed on the affinities of the species with D. leavimanus, providing some detailed accounts on both. Moradmand (2007) has distinguished these two species from each other but he insisted still on close affinities between them. There is a need for taxonomic revision of the group in order to resolve their systematic problems. Apel (2001) believed that because of the several misidentification of the species, its records from different regions are ambiguous, therefore its real distribution might be different from what is considered here.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B29FF3CF851FB8CFE12.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Bushehr Province: Bushehr. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Indo- Malayan Archipelago, Malaysia, Indonesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61F1B29FF3CF851FB8CFE12.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) has recorded this species from the northern part of the Persian Gulf in Bushehr by examination of the Danish Expedition collection. He reluctantly mentioned that the Motoh’s (1975) record of the species D. custos from Kuwait could be contributed to D. dubius, as the former was not known from the Persian Gulf (Apel 2001). Later, Moradmand (2007) recorded D. custos from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Thus, the only record of D. dubius remains that of Apel (2001).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61C1B29FF3CFD02FE42FB8B.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (five stations around the island). Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam Hassan. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61C1B29FF3CFD02FE42FB8B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Diogenes karwarensis is very closely related to its sympatric congener D. avarus. In the original description, Nayak & Neelakantan (1989) discriminated this species from the latter by some characters, which generally show variations within both species (McLaughlin & Dworschack 2001; Moradmand 2007). The two most discriminative characters stated by earlier studies (e. g. Nayak & Neelakantan 1989); Siddiqui et al. 2004) are the presence of a large distinct spine distally on the fourth segment of the antenna, and a row of the large spines along the anterior margin of the carpus of the first walking legs. The senior author has examined a huge amount of specimens of the both species, and could not find any reliable character discriminating these two species. Further taxonomic studies using morphometric and genetics studies are necessary in order to establish the taxonomic position of D. karwarensis.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61C1B29FF3CFB8CFCCAF8DC.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Abbas, Mahtabi. General distribution. Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, western Thailand, Indonesia. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal, oyster bank.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61C1B29FF3CFB8CFCCAF8DC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Diogenes klaasi belongs to the Diogenes avarus species-group by having a smooth intercalated process and possessing a small spine distally on the fourth antennal segment. Due to some variations of the specimens, discriminating the three closely related species of the group, namely D. avarus, D. karwarensis and D. klaasi is not easily possible. Moradmand (2007) recorded Diogenes sp. from Mahtabi at the Iranian coast. He could not distinctly identify the species, even though he discussed that the species is closely related to Diogenes klaasi Rahayu & Forest, 1995, rather than any other congeners. He has mentioned several differences between the Persian Gulf specimens and description and illustrations provided by (Rahayu & Forest 1995; Siddiqui et al. 2004). We collected two males from a muddy-sand flat of Bandar-Abbas that are distinctly similar with D. klaasi described by Rahayu & Forest (1995). Moradmand’s (2007) specimens are relatively small-sized, so the variations cited by him could be considered as growth-dependent variation. However, the three species of the D. avarus species-group need to be studied in detail using modern taxonomic methods.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61C1B28FF3CF873FB14FE5A.taxon	description	General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Bay of Bengal, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore. Habitat. Intertidal sandy beach, finding in splash zone.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61C1B28FF3CF873FB14FE5A.taxon	discussion	Remark. Diogenes planimanus is very closely similar to D. custos and has been repeatedly confused with the latter (see Siddiqui et al. 2004; Moradmand 2007). Siddiqui et al. (2004) discussed the differences between these two species and distinguished two species using characteristics of the appendages of the second antenna, however, always some morphological variations are still seen in this character (Siddiqui et al. 2004).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61D1B2FFF3CF96AFF65FF0E.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Tula, Shib-Deraz). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormoz, Maldives, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Gilbert and Ellice Is., Marshall Islands, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky bed intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61D1B2FFF3CF96AFF65FF0E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Stephensen (1946) recorded this species as Cryptodromia canaliculata Stimpson, 1858, based on a single female from the north coast of the Qeshm I. Apel (2001) examined the specimen of Stephensen (1946) and assigned it to C. fallax. A single female was collected during the present study from the south coast of the Qeshm I. in Shib-Deraz. Alcock (1899 b; 1901) recorded C. canaliculata from the Persian Gulf without exact locality. Without examining the material it is not clear if the identification of the Alcock’s (1899 b; 1901) material is correct or not.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61D1B28FF3CFEFAFA18FD17.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (three stations along the south coast), Bandar-Khamir, Moghdan. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan. Habitat. Intertidal rocky / cobble, sandy, muddy.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61D1B28FF3CFEFAFA18FD17.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of D. tirmizaie besides its type locality in the northern Arabian Sea, Pakistan.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61D1B28FF3CFC43FE77FB3E.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Tabl, Dustku). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandargah. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Thailand, South China Sea. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61D1B28FF3CFC43FE77FB3E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) has recorded this species from Bushehr on the Iranian coast by examining the Danish Expedition collection. Pagurus kulkarnii has recently been recorded from the Gulf of Oman by Moradmand (2007) and Moradmand & Sari (2007 a). During the present study, a single male was found in the rocky shore of Dustku at the south coast of the Qeshm I.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61A1B2FFF3CF927FDC5F8A2.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (ten stations around the island), Mahtabi, Chiruyeh, Moghdan (Parsian). Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh), Dayyer, Chapahn, Bushehr (Jofreh), Chahak. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Andaman Sea, Thailand, China, Japan, Tonga, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61A1B2FFF3CFD1BFCF8FAFE.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, Plage-Simin), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Lengeh. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji. Habitat. Sandy shallow subtidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61A1B2FFF3CFD1BFCF8FAFE.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Jones (1906 a) and Pretzmann (1971) recorded Matuta lunaris (Forskål, 1775) from the Persian Gulf. Galil & Clark (1994) introduced a new genus, namely Ashtoret and moved M. lunaris to the new genus. Apel (2001) mentioned that the all records under the name of Matuta lunaris from the region are more probably Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781), whereas A. lunaris does not occur in the Persian Gulf. The present specimens from the Persian Gulf are slightly different from that described by Galil & Clark (1994), in particular regarding the morphology of the first male gonopod. We examined several specimens from different region of the Indo-West Pacific; there are some variations in the morphology of the first male gonopod among different regions, but no one found to be similar with that figured by Galil & Clark (1994: 43, figs a – b). There is a need for a thorough taxonomic revision of the widely distributed species Matuta victor in the Indo-West Pacific. The two species, M. victor and A. lunaris inhabit the low-intertidal towards the sub-littoral zone of sandy beaches, while during the present study only M. victor was collected along the Iranian coast.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61B1B2EFF3CFC47FEF2FA6A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (six stations around the island), Hengam I. (Stephensen, 1946), Bandar- Abbas (Baghestan), Mahtabi, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Hassineh, Chiruyeh, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij- Nayband (Haleh), Bandar-Dayyer, Bordekhun-Kohne (Khor-Khan), Chapahn, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jorfeh), Chahak, Bandar-Emam Hassan. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Somalia, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Guf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Is., Mergui Archipelago, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Thailand, China, Japan, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61B1B2EFF3CFC47FEF2FA6A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The first record of this species from the Persian Gulf is the one by Heller (1861) from Kharg I. in the Iranian waters as new species, namely Epixanthus kotchii Heller, 1861. Later, this species has been synonymized with E. frontalis. Epixanthus frontalis is a quite common species in the Persian Gulf, which is found in any stony chores.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61B1B2EFF3CF92AFDC5F8C3.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Shib-Deraz), Hengam I. (Stephensen 1946), Chiruyeh. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Guf, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61B1B2EFF3CFFFBFE5EFD1A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach). General distribution. Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Laccadive, South India, Sri Lanka, Mergui Archipelago, Nicobar Is., Andaman Sea, Thailand, Indonesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC61B1B2EFF3CFFFBFE5EFD1A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) did not list the species among the known brachyuran crabs of the Persian Gulf. Alcock’s (1898) record was based on the “ Investigator ” sampling, which is thought being outside of the Persian Gulf. Since other records of M. rumphii from the Gulf (Stephensen 1946; Guinot 1967; Titgen 1982) are based on Alcock’s (1898) record, they are not reliable. However, the present record confirms the occurrence of the species in the Persian Gulf. Furthermore, a single male was collected from Djod Village of Baluchestan, which is the first record for the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2DFF3CFFB1FDEEFE31.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Suza). Bushehr Province: Bandar Dayyer. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf. Habitat. Sandy intertidal, shallow subtidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2DFF3CFFB1FDEEFE31.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Persian Gulf specimens are fully agreeing with the description and single photo provided by Nobili (1906 b: 155 – 157, pl. 9, fig. 2). The general characteristics of this species look to be very similar to the genus Philyra Leach, 1817, rather than the genus Ebalia Leach 1817. An overall revision of the latter genus needs to be done using modern taxonomic characters.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2DFF3CFD19FF6CFBF9.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Bushehr Province: Bushehr, Kharg I. General distribution. Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Andaman Sea. Habitat. Sandy shallow subtidal, 7.5 – 22 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2DFF3CFD19FF6CFBF9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Hiplyra sagitta was recently described from the Persian Gulf by Galil (2009). Holotype and paratypes described by Galil (2009) are from Danish Expedition material collected in 1937 from Bushehr published by Stephensen (1946) under the name of Philyra variegata. Apel (2001) had re-examined material of Philyra variegata of Stephensen (1946) from Jask and mentioned that there are two new species within the material. Philyra n. sp. 1 of Apel (2001) has been later described by Galil (2009) as Hiplyra sagitta. The second new species distinguished by Apel (2001) within the P. variegata has been assigned to H. elegans (Gravier, 1920) by Naderloo & Apel (2012). For detailed taxonomic remarks on H. sagitta see Galil (2009) and Naderloo & Apel (2012).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2DFF3CFB51FBAEF95B.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Suza). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mombasa, Kenya), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Sandy intertidal to 56 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2DFF3CFB51FBAEF95B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Galil (2009) recently partly revised the genus Philyra Leach, 1817, introducing seven new genera within the genus. She clarified the taxonomic position of the some important species, which have already been known from the Persian Gulf. For instance, several authors (e. g. Alcock 1896; Guinot, 1967; Basson et al. 1977; Titgen 1982) have recorded Philyra platycheir De Haan, 1847, from the Persian Gulf and Tirmizi & Ghani (1986) from Pakistan, but Galil (2009) introduced the new genus Hiplyra Galil, 2009, for the species and restricted its distribution to Japan, China and Taiwan. Hiplyra variegata is the species distributed in the western Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf, while H. platycheir is not present in the Indian Ocean.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2CFF3CF9FCFBB4FE0D.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (five stations along the south coast), Bandar-Lengeh. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar Dayyer, Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Travancore (southwestern India), Sri Lanka. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6181B2CFF3CF9FCFBB4FE0D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Nursia rubifera is the most common species of the genus or even the commonest leucosiid crab occurring in the rocky intertidal zone along the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Apel (2001) collected two specimens from the Saudi Arabian coast, and this is the first record of the species from the Iranian side of the Gulf. Three more species of the genus have been recorded from the Persian Gulf including Nursia blandfordi Alcock, 1896 (recorded by Alcock 1896; Apel 2001), Nursia persica Alcock, 1896 (recorded by Alcock 1896; Stephensen 1946), Nursia plicata (Herbst, 1804) (recorded by Alcock 1896; Stephensen 1946; Apel 2001; Naderloo & Sari 2007 b). All these three species are occurring in subtidal sandy substrate, therefore they are not included in the list of the present study. Nursia persica reported by Stephensen (1946), regarding the drawing of the first male gonopod, should be more likely assigned to the most common species N. rubifera.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6191B2CFF3CFD02FA1EFC7F.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Kolahi, E. of Bandar Abbas. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan. Habitat. Sandy / muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6191B2CFF3CFD02FA1EFC7F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) mentioned that the part of the material from the Persian Gulf identified as Philyra concinnus Ghani & Tirmizi (1995) clearly belongs to Ebalia sagittifera, not to the new species introduced by them. Stephensen’s (1946) material of Philyra sexangula has been re-examined by Apel (2001) and identified as P. concinnus. We examined the Stephensen’s (1946) material again and can support the identification of Apel (2001).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6191B2CFF3CFCD0FF44F990.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I., East of Bandar Abbas, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan. Habitat. Sandy-muddy / muddy-sand flat.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6191B2CFF3CFCD0FF44F990.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Philyra sagittifera was originally described as Ebalia sagittifera by Alcock (1896). Several regional studies (e. g. Titgen 1982; Cooper 1997; Apel 2001) have recorded this species as Ebalia sagittifera using its original name. However, here we refer to two recent publications (Ng et al. 2008; Galil 2009) in assigning the species to the genus Philyra. Although, the species is more related to the genus Ebalia, in particular regarding the morphology of the carapace, rather than the genus Philyra. Two species P. sagittifera and P. concinnus are very closely related and must be assigned to the same genus, probably a new genus must be introduced for them (see Apel 2001). In her partly revision of the genus Philyra, Galil (2009), listed 27 species including P. sagittifera and P. concinnus as in need to be revised and she could not assigned them to any of the seven new genera described by her.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6191B13FF3CF987FA09FF2A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (four stations along the south coast), Bostano, Moghdan (Parsian). Bushehr Province: Kabgan, Ghaleh-Heydar. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Mergui Archipelago, Malay Archipelago, Burma, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Australia (Western Australia). Habitat. Sandy beach.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6191B13FF3CF987FA09FF2A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ryphila cancellus is the type species of the recently introduced genus Ryphila Galil, 2009. This species is the commonest one of the family along the Iranian coast occurring on the low-intertidal sandy beaches.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6261B13FF3CFB34FA9EFAB0.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kish I. and Bostano (Parsian) by Stephensen (1946). Bushehr Province: Chahak. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: Réunion, Mauritius, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India (Bombay). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, found attached to underneath of stones.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6261B13FF3CFB34FA9EFAB0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Acanthonyx limbatus was first recorded by Stephensen (1946) from the Persian Gulf. During the present study, a single male was collected from rocky shore of Chahak (10 km W. to Bandar-Genaveh).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6261B13FF3CFEF0FB54FCA4.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (two stations along the south coast). Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Sri Lanka. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, found attached to algae or sea weeds.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6261B13FF3CFEF0FB54FCA4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Elamena sindensis is the only species of the family Hymenosomatidae occurring along the intertidal region of the Persian Gulf. Chopra & Das (1930) described another species of the family, Neorhynchoplax kempi (Chopra & Das, 1930), from Shat al-Arab freshwater marshes in Iraq, about 70 miles off the sea.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6261B13FF3CFAE7FEE6F80D.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Griffin & Tranter (1986) recorded the species from 5 - 108 m in the Indo-West Pacific. Stephensen’s (1946) material of the species was collected in 3 - 33 m in the Persian Gulf. Naderloo & Sari’s (2007 a) specimens of the species came from depth of 15 - 40 m. During the present study a single male was collected at the rocky intertidal zone of Bandar Emam.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6261B13FF3CFAE7FEE6F80D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Hyastenus hilgendorfi is a typical subtidal crab occurring rarely in low-intertidal zone. This species is a very common majid crab in the Persian Gulf (Naderloo & Sari 2007 a). There are four species of the genus Hyastenus known from the Persian Gulf (see Naderloo & Sari 2007 b) but only H. hilgendorfi is considered as an intertidal element.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6271B12FF3CFD94FB84FAF0.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (one site on the south coast). General distribution. Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6271B12FF3CFD94FB84FAF0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Menaethiops aff. bicornis Alcock, 1985, is very closely related to M. bicornis Alcock, 1985, and M. gadaniensis Kazmi & Tirmizi, 1999, regarding the long and relatively contiguous rostral spines. The rostral spines of Menaethiops are slightly divergent distally, while in both of the other congeners the rostral spines are closely attached to each other along their whole length. Menaethiops bicornis and M. gadaniensis have two spines on the bulged hepatic region, but there are two distinct tubercles on the hepatic region of the new species. The basal antennal segment in M. bicornis is distally two-lobed, with the outer lobe being distinctly shorter than the inner lobe and the lateral margin of the basal antennal segment nearly straight, while in other related congeners the anterolateral lobe of the basal antennal segment is tooth-shaped and larger than the inner lobe, and the lateral margin of the segment is sinuous with two concavities (see Tirmizi & Kazmi 1986: 168, fig. 52 b; Kazmi & Tirmizi 1999: 371, fig. 1 B). Regarding the morphology of the G 1, M. gadaniensis is distinct from its congeners by having the apical inner lobe markedly hook-shaped (see Kazmi & Tirmizi 1999: 371, fig. 1 G, G', G' '). This species is new to science and is currently being described in an ongoing work by the authors.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6271B12FF3CFA5AFBE3F857.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Suza, Shib-Deraz). General distribution. Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6271B12FF3CFA5AFBE3F857.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Griffin & Tranter (1986: 87) provided a key for 12 species of the genus, using their key the Persian Gulf specimens are similar to Menaethiops fascicularis (Krauss, 1843) described from South Africa and restricted also to that region. As the Krauss (1843) material is not available in Stuttgart Museum, there is no chance to see the type material of M. fascicularis and make comparison with the present specimen from the Persian Gulf. The present specimens have a supraorbital eave which is not produced anteriorly and is smooth, therefore is very closely related to M. fascicularis. Comparing the rostral spines, the two species are completely distinct as described and figured originally by Krauss (1843: pl. 3, fig. 5). Menaethiops fascicularis has short rostral spines which are widely divergent, while the short rostral spines of the present specimens are not widely divergent. The Persian Gulf specimens looks distinct from other congeners and is being described as a new species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6271B12FF3CFFB1FE5AFD82.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I., Bostano (Parsian). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somalia, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. Stephensen (1946) recorded this species from the Persian Gulf to 3 - 6 m in oyster bank.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6271B12FF3CFFB1FE5AFD82.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Nobili (1905 a) described this species from the Persian Gulf on the coast of the UAE. Apel (2001) recorded this species from the Gulf of Oman for the first time. The genus Menaethiops Alcock, 1895, currently contains 15 species (Ng et al. 2008), but a sound taxonomic study is needed, since more new species wait to be discovered within that genus.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6241B11FF3CFDABFD0BFCA0.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Japan, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 5 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6241B11FF3CFB30FD38F904.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bostano (Parsian). Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh), Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, 0 – 6 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6241B11FF3CFB30FD38F904.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Griffin & Tranter (1986) examined some specimens from the Saudi Arabian coast and re-examined the Stephensen (1946) specimens of C. minutus recorded from the Gulf. They believed that the Persian Gulf specimens must be assigned to C. capreolus, while C. Minutusis restricted to the east African coast. The single male from Khalij-Nayband is agreeing well with the description and illustration provided by Griffin & Tranter (1986) for C. capreolus. Four small specimens (two males and two females) were collected from Bushehr (Jofreh) which morphologically are very similar to C. minutum, in particular regarding the morphology of the rostrum and the elevation of the gastric region. The main character mentioned by Griffin & Tranter (1986) to differentiate these two species is the large round lobe on the anterolateral margin of basal antennal segment in C. minutum, while this lobe is small in C. capreolus (see Griffin & Tranter 1986: fig. 99 a, c). Regarding this last character the present specimens are identical with C. capreolus, therefore they are tentatively assigned to this species. More specimens are needed in order to study the sex- and size-related variations of the species in the Persian Gulf. For detailed taxonomic remarks see Griffin & Tranter (1986).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6241B11FF3CFFB1FCDFFE2F.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku), Bostano (Parsian). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Maldives, India, Lakshadweep, Nicobar, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, China, Japan, Indonesia, Cocos-Keeling I., Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), Fiji, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal and oyster bank, 0 – 33 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6241B10FF3CF801FB01FD59.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I., Moghdan (Parsian). Bushehr Province: Chahak. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia (South Australia, Victoria, NSW), Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky intertidal and oyster bank, 0 – 23 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6241B10FF3CF801FB01FD59.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Micippa platipes is always confused with its close congener M. philyra (Herbst, 1803). The latter has been frequently recorded from the Persian Gulf [Nobili (1906 a) as M. philyra var. mascarenica from Arzanah I.; Stephensen (1946) as M. philyra var. mascarenica from Bahrain; Evans et al. (1973) and Titgen (1982) from UAE; Basson et al. (1977) from Saudi Arabia; Apel (2001) from Saudi Arabia and UAE]. Apel (2001) stated that the Persian Gulf records all could be clearly assigned to M. philyra. Buitendijk (1939) prepared detailed remarks in order to distinguish these two similar species, and provided synonymies for both species using literature records. By using Buitendijk (1939) and the key provided by Griffin & Tranter (1986) the present specimens from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf could be convincingly identified as M. platipes. We could not examine the single male of Stephensen (1946) collected by Danish Expedition from Bahrain, but the drawing of the male G 1 provided by Stephensen (1946: 109, fig. 21 e – f) is very similar to the figure of the G 1 provided by Buitendijk (1939: 253, fig. 22) for M. platipes rather than that of M. philyra. Although, Apel (2001) mentioned that the Persian Gulf specimens, which are all recorded from the Arabian coast, are M. philyra. We think that still all the material must be re-examined in order to clarify the occurrence of these two species in the Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6251B10FF3CFA61FD43F8F1.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kish I. General distribution. Endemic: Persian Gulf. Habitat. Stephensen (1946) recorded the present species from a sandy beach of Kish I., while Nobili’s (1906 a) material came from Arzanah I. (UAE) from an oyster bank at 20 - 30 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6251B10FF3CFA61FD43F8F1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The genus Actumnus is represented by six species in the Persian Gulf (Apel 2001; Naderloo & Ng 2011), of which A. tesselatus is the only one which has been recorded from the intertidal zone. Stephensen (1946) erroneously mentioned St. 54 of Qais I. (Kish I.) as locality for a single specimen of the species, whereas stations 41 - 42 of the Danish Expedition were in Kish I., and Station 54 was in Qeshm I. A new representative of the genus has recently been discovered from the Iranian waters of the Persian Gulf, namely Actumnus simplex Rathbun, 1911, which was redescribed by Naderloo & Ng (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6251B10FF3CFDEBFE2FFB6A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (two stations along the south coast), Moghdan (Parsian). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Andaman, Sea, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Japan, Indonesia, Christmas I., Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, NSW, Southern Austrlia), Fiji, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6251B10FF3CFDEBFE2FFB6A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Schizophrys aspera has been first recorded by Nobili (1906 a) from the Persian Gulf in the UAE. Tirmizi & Kazmi (1995) described a new species of the genus, Schizophrys pakistanensis, from the Pakistan waters, which is very similar to S. aspera. Apel (2001) collected S. pakistanensis from the Saudi Arabian coast and discussed that more probably the record of S. aspera by Basson et al. (1977) from Saudi Arabia could be assigned to S. pakistanensis. We did not collect S. pakistanensis during the present study, whereas the record of S. aspera is new to the Iranian coast.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6251B17FF3CF849FEC5FE12.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (six stations along the north coast), Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (mangroves), Bandar-Banak, mangroves of Mond, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay). Habitat. Mangroves, muddy intertidal to 32 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6251B17FF3CF849FEC5FE12.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (1994 b) was the first who recorded the species from the Persian Gulf. He examined specimens identified as Litocheira (amoyensis Gordon?) by Stephensen (1946) from the Iranian coast and identified them as E. integrifrons.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6221B17FF3CFD02FDFBFC7E.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Tiab, Qeshm I. (11 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (mangroves), Bandar-Banak, mangroves of Mond, Bandar-Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Thailand. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6221B17FF3CFA1FFE45F96A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Shib-Deraz, Tula), Bandar-Khamir, Moghdan. General distribution. Indo-west Pacific: East Africa (Zanzibar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Andaman Sea, Thailand (Phuket), Hong Kong, Mergui Archipelago, Singapore, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), New Caledonia. Habitat. Muddy / rocky intertidal to shallow subtidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6221B17FF3CFA1FFE45F96A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Davie (1989) re-appraised the genus Heteropanope Stimpson, 1858, and redescribed its type species H. glabra Stimpson, 1858. The Persian Gulf specimens are in agreement with the description and illustrations provided by Davie (1989).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6221B17FF3CFCD0FDC5FB38.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Namakdan, Dustku). General distribution. Indo-west Pacific: Seychelles, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Archipelago, China, Japan, Birma, Indonesia, Australia (Queensland). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6221B16FF3CF82AFC0DFE29.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (26 stations around the island), Bandar-Kolahi, Bandar-Abbas, Baghestan, Bostanu, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Hassineh, Chiruyeh, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Dayyer, Mond Protected Area, Chapahn, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jofreh), Chahak. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, oyster bank, muddy substrate with shells.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6221B16FF3CF82AFC0DFE29.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Pilumnopeus convexus is one of the most common species found in a variety of habitats along the intertidal coast of the Persian Gulf. Apel (2001) stated that the records of P. vauquelini (Audouin, 1826) from the Persian Gulf by Stephensen (1946), Basson et al. (1977) and Hornby (1997) are more likely based upon misidentifications of P. convexus. Further taxonomic work is needed for being able to distinguish the different species of the genus, in particular these two closely related species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6231B16FF3CFD61FEE4FBA7.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I., Bandar-Hassineh, Bandar-Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Persian Gulf, entered via the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean (Galil 2011). Habitat. Rocky / cobble with weeds and sandy / muddy intertidal to 11 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6231B16FF3CFD61FEE4FBA7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) examined material recorded as P. vauquelini by Stephensen (1946) and Basson et al. (1977) from the Persian Gulf and identified them as P. convexus. Apel (2001) believed that P. vauquelini does not occur in the Persian Gulf. He mentioned four morphologic characters allowing to distinguish these two closely related species (see Apel 2001: 99). Stephensen (1946) figured the male first gonopod, which is nearly similar to that of the present specimens of P. vauquelini. The present finding of the species confirms its occurrence in the Persian Gulf, although a thorough taxonomic work is necessary in order to establish the systematic position of these two species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6231B16FF3CFBE8FC5EF990.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Moghdan (Parsian). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6231B16FF3CFBE8FC5EF990.taxon	discussion	Remarks. A single male collected in the present study is generally identical with descriptions provided by Nobili (1906 b) for Pilumnus forskalii H. Milne Edwards, 1834, and Klunzinger (1913) for Pilumnus incanus (Forskål, 1775). Ng et al. (2008) discussed on the synonymies of the two names, and they have regarded P. incanus (Forskål, 1775), as senior subjective synonym of P. forskalii H. Milne Edwards, 1834. This species has been briefly described and inadequately figured, therefore it must be redescribed again.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6231B15FF3CF9BFFD61FF0E.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, Dustku), Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Diego Garcia, Cargados Carajos, Saya de Malha, Mergui Archipelago, Philippines, Celebes, Indonesia (Java), Singapore, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland); New Zealand. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 33 m. Stephensen (1946) and Naderloo & Sari (2007 b) recorded the species from shells / gravel substrate in subtidal zone.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6201B15FF3CFC1AFB99FA23.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Dustku, Basaeedu), Bandar Abbas, Mahtabi, Bandar-Lengeh. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Pantropical: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Mergui-Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines Singapore, Indonesia, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia. This species is also recorded from Mediterranean, Caribbean coast of Colombia and the Atlantic coasts of Florida and Brazil to where it was introduced by shipping (Campos & Türkay 1989). Habitat. Intertidal rocky / cobble, sandy, muddy, coral reefs, in range of intertidal to 30 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6201B15FF3CFC1AFB99FA23.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Charybdis helleri is one of the common portunid species occurring in the intertidal zone of the Persian Gulf. Naderloo (2005) recorded three different forms of the species from the Iranian waters of the Persian Gulf including 1 - large specimens with posterior surface of carapace glabrous, 2 - small specimens with glabrous carapace, 3 - large specimens with posterior surface of the carapace covered with dense pubescence. These forms of carapace have also been recorded from Pakistan by Tirmizi & Kazmi (1996) and from Red Sea (Apel, personal comm.). There is no study proving information on an age- or size-related reason for pubescent / non-pubescent forms in this species. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) and Apel (2001) listed Stephensen’s (1946) record of Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifera from the Iranian waters under the synonymies of C. helleri.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6201B14FF3CF974FD60FF2A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, Red Sea, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Japan, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 100 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6201B14FF3CF974FD60FF2A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Thalamita giardi Nobili, 1905, was described by Nobili (1905 a) from the Persian Gulf in UAE, which is thought being a junior subjective synonym of Gonioinfradens paucidentata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1981) (see Leene 1938; Crosnier 1962; Apel & Spiridonov 1998). Apel & Spiridonov (1982) mentioned this fact because the juvenile specimens of G. paucidentata may lack one or two additional small spines on the anterolateral margin, therefore could be easily misidentified as Thalamita.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6201B15FF3CFE01FD61FD83.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (six stations around the island), Mahtabi, Moghdan (Parsian). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Zanzibar), Aldabra, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 22 m. Stephensen (1946) and Naderloo & Sari (2007 b) recorded the species from shells / gravel substrate in subtidal zone.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6211B14FF3CFE6AFE11FBD3.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. This species is widely distributed along the Iranian coast and has been found in any sampling station from the southeastern coast at Bandar Tiab to the northernmost part of the Iranian coast. During the present study P. segnis has also been collected in the lower reaches of the Arvandroud River about 30 km. off the marine coast in Arvandkenar (Yadman Shohaday-Valfajr). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, West of Indian sub-continent, and as a Erythrean alien in the Mediterranean Sea (Galil 2011). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, mangroves, extending down subtidally to 65 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6211B14FF3CFE6AFE11FBD3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758), has long been though being a widely distributed species in the Indo-West Pacific. This species-complex has recently been thoroughly revised using morphological and molecular characters by Lai et al. (2010). They have recognized four different species within Portunus pelagicus sensu lato including P. pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758), P. armatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861), P. reticulatus (Herbst, 1799), and P. segnis (Forskål, 1775). Of which the latter is restricted to the Western Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6211B14FF3CFB44FA00F84C.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: in mangroves behind Bandar-Abbas Airport, Qeshm I. (small population in manplanted mangroves of Nagasheh at the south coast of the island). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Mauritius, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Tahiti, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW). Habitat. Mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6211B14FF3CFB44FA00F84C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Keenan et al. (1998) revised the complex of Scylla serrata sensu lato and distinguished four different species, namely S. serrata (Forskål, 1775), S. olivacea (Herbst, 1796), S. tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) and S. paramamosain Estampador, 1949. Keenan et al. (1998) stated that the exact distribution of S. serrata sensu strictu is not clear, but they believed that S. serrata recorded from Pakistan by Tirmizi & Kazmi (1996) rather refers to S. tranquebarica. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) recorded S. serrata from the eastern coast of UAE in Gulf of Oman, but they mentioned that this species has not been recorded from the inner Persian Gulf. Scylla serrata was recently recorded from the southeast Persian Gulf in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) by Hogarth & Beech (2001). This species is thought to have been very common in the past when extensive mangroves were widely distributed along the coast of the Persian Gulf (Hogarth & Beech 2001). Consequently, its extinction more probably occurred following the disappearance of mangroves from most parts of the Persian Gulf. During the present study a small population was found in the planted mangroves along the south coast of the Qeshm I. which shows that this commercially important species has started again to be established in the Persian Gulf. In addition, a single specimen was observed in the mangal system behind the airport of Bandar-Abbas, whereas Scylla serrata is a quite common species in the mangroves of Khor-Khalasi along the Gulf of Oman coast of Iran (personal observation).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62E1B1BFF3CFFB1FAD8FD5F.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Suza). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Thailand. Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Cocos-Keeling Is., Lord Howe I., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW), French Polynesia, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62E1B1BFF3CFFB1FAD8FD5F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) did not list this species among the known species of Thalamita from the Persian Gulf and Apel & Spiridonov (1998) stated that all previous records of T. admete from the Persian Gulf were wrong identifications of T. savignyi, which is more common than the former. During the present study we found several specimens at Qeshm I. which are clearly identifiable as T. admete using the key and description provided by Apel & Spiridonov (1998). Therefore, the present record confirms the occurrence of T. admete in the Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62E1B1BFF3CFDF0FCC7FBEC.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Mahtabi. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Cocos-Keeling Is., Lord Howe I., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW), Samoa, Tuamotu, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Mangroves, muddy, sandy and rocky intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62E1B1BFF3CFBA3FE38FA02.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Hengam I., Qeshm I., Bostano (Parsian), Farur I. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal. This species has been recorded from a variety of habitats including, clay, sandy, algae, gravel, oyster bank, stones, coral rubbles, rocky and Acropora corals in 3 - 58 m (Stephensen 1946; Apel & Spiridonov 1998).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62E1B1AFF3CF912FCA1FE71.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Naghasheh). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific + East Atlantic: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, north-western coast of India, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka. This species has also been recorded from the Mediterranean, as well as from the West African coast (Angola, and the Canary Is.) (Apel & Spiridonov 1998). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 5 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62E1B1AFF3CF912FCA1FE71.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) mentioned some variations in the shape of the frontal lobes, anterolateral teeth of the carapace and pilosity of the carapace. A small male (CL = 9.23, CB = 13.28 mm) collected during the study from the south coast of the Qeshm I. has a relatively plumose carapace, and the first three anterolateral teeth of the carapace are nearly blunt, whereas specimens examined by Apel & Spiridonov (1998) from the Persian Gulf have acute teeth. The Persian Gulf population of this species has usually the frontal lobe laterally produced (Apel & Spiridonov 1998), while in the present specimen it is indistinct. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) stated that the occurrence of this species in the eastern Indian Ocean is doubtful, since some records from the region (Sakai 1939; Stephenson & Rees 1967) are based on misidentifications.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62F1B1AFF3CFED9FF6CFBD3.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Plage-Simin, Suza, Namakdan). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Mergui Archipelago, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Lord Howe I., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 5 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62F1B1AFF3CFED9FF6CFBD3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) stated that the record of this species by Titgen (1982) from Dubai (UAE) is most probably based on a misidentification of the closely related species T. rubridens Apel & Spiridonov, 1998. They mentioned that T. rubridens is a more common species in the south-western Persian Gulf, whereas T. prymna occurs very rarely in the Persian Gulf. In contrast, during the present study, T. prymna was found being a more common species along the Iranian coast compared to its congener T. rubridens which was collected only at one station.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62F1B1AFF3CFB44FE10FA3C.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Salakh). General distribution. Endemic: Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 9 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62F1B1AFF3CFB44FE10FA3C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) described this species originally from the Persian Gulf, and discussed its morphological affinity with its sympatric congeners, T. prymna and T. crenata (for detailed remarks see Apel & Spiridonov 1998: 295 – 296). The present record is the second one of the species from the Gulf and the first record from the Iranian coast.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62F1B19FF3CF913FDF3FF2A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Suza). Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Zanzibar), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal to 10 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62F1B19FF3CF913FDF3FF2A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel & Spiridonov (1998) believed that several records of T. admete (Alcock 1899; Stephenson 1976; Basson et al. 1977; Titgen 1982) from the Persian Gulf were most probably based upon misidentifications of T. savignyi. Thalamita savignyi is very closely related to T. admete, its sympatric congener in the Persian Gulf. Detailed taxonomic remarks distinguishing these two species have been provided by Apel & Spiridonov (1998: 270, tab. 4). They discussed on the distribution of the species in Indian Ocean and mentioned that the record of T. savignyi from the east coast of Africa and from Zanzibar by Nobili (1905 a) is doubtful. An ongoing revision of the genus Thalamita is being performed by Vassily Spiridonov, which will hopefully resolve the taxonomic and distribution problems of these two species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62C1B19FF3CFB17FD7AF9E2.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (one site on the oyster bank of Tabl mangroves). Bushehr Province: Bushehr, Kharg I. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, oyster bank to 12.5 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62C1B19FF3CFB17FD7AF9E2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Guinot (1976) examined the material recorded by Nobili (1906 a) as Actaea granulata from Arzanah I. (UAE) in the Persian Gulf, and described it as a new species, namely Actaea jacquelinae. Apel (2001) stated that all former records of A. savignyi from the area can be most likely assigned to A. jacquelinae. Alcock (1898) recorded A. granulata from the Persian Gulf without giving an exact locality. According to Apel (2001), Alcock’s (1898) record could be also assigned to A. jacquelinae.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62C1B18FF3CF9B2FE94FF0E.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Shid-Deraz). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Malabar (southwestern India). Habitat. Sandy intertidal to shallow subtidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62C1B18FF3CF9B2FE94FF0E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) examined the specimens recorded by Heller (1861) and Stephensen (1946) and identified them as A. laevigatus. He stated that A. roseus does not occur in the Persian Gulf and in adjacent waters, and the record of A. roseus by Tirmizi & Ghani (1996) from Pakistan is more likely a misidentification of A. laevigatus.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62C1B19FF3CFEF3FC9AFC89.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Suza). Bushehr Province: Bandargah, Golestan Village. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Mauritius, Red Sea, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Guf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Mombay, Lakshadweep, China, Japan, Philippines, Christmas I., Cocos-Keeling Is., Ashmore Reef, Australia (Queensland), Tasmania, Marshall Islands, French Polynesia. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62C1B19FF3CFEF3FC9AFC89.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Pseudozius caystrus was recorded from the south coast of the Gulf of Oman; by Hogarth (1989) from Muscat and by Apel (2001) from east coast of UAE.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62D1B18FF3CFE04FCEFFCA4.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (19 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Baghestan, Bostanu, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Divan, Bandar-Hassineh, Bandar-Charak, Chiruyeh, Bandar- Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh), Nakhl-Naghi, Bandar-Dayyer, Chapahn, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jofreh), Chahak, Chah-Shur, Bandar-Emam Hassan. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Mergui Archipelago, Christmas I., Middleton & Elisabeth Reefs, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW), Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62D1B18FF3CFE04FCEFFCA4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Leptodius exaratus is one of the most common brachyuran species found on intertidal rocky shores along the Persian Gulf coast. This species shows a wide variability of colour patterns. The first male gonopod is a good and constant character for the identification of this species.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62D1B18FF3CFCE1FCC1FAFF.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Red Sea, Somalia, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62D1B18FF3CFCE1FCC1FAFF.taxon	discussion	Remarks. We collected the species also from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman in Djod Village together with its congener M. quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843). The latter has been recorded from south Gulf of Oman by Apel (2001), but was not known from the inner Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62D1B1FFF3CFA57FE02FEC6.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Dustku). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Mayotte I., Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Guf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62D1B1FFF3CFA57FE02FEC6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) collected two specimens (one male and one female) from Abu Dhabi (UAE) in the Persian Gulf and identified them as M. granulosus (Haswell, 1882). One of us (R. N.) examined his specimens and found that they are completely similar to the present ones from the Iranian coast and could be convincingly assigned to M. neglectus rather than to M. granulosus. The latter was recorded as Medaeus granulosus by Stephensen (1946) from Jask at the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, which is supported after a re-examination of his material. Stephensen’s (1946) material of M. granulosus was collected by the Danish Expedition in the subtidal zone at 30 m depth and the locality is outside of the Persian Gulf. The genus Medaeops currently includes seven very closely related species, of which Medaeops potens Mendoza, Chong & Ng, 2009, has a first male gonopod, which is very similar to that of M. neglectus, but regarding morphological description and keys provided by Guinot (1967), Serène (1984), McLay & Ng (2007) and Mendoza et al. (2009), the present specimens from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf can clearly be assigned to M. neglectus rather than any other congener. Medaeops granulosus was recorded by Jones (1986 a) from Kuwait, and Tirmizi & Ghani (1996) from Pakistan. Apel (2001) stated that their record of the species is correct, whereas the drawings provided by them are very similar to M. neglectus. A thorough taxonomic revision of the genus is needed in order to clarify the position of the different species of Medaeops.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62A1B1EFF3CF921FE11FF09.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (15 stations around the island), Baghestan (Bandar-Abbas), Bandar- Lengeh, Chiruyeh. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius, Somalia, Socotra, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Mergui Archipelago, China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Cocos-Keeling Is., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Rocky intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62A1B1EFF3CF921FE11FF09.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Grapsus albolineatus has been referred to Lamarck (1818) as first author, but recently Ng et al. (2008) noted that the correct authority should be Latreille in Milbert (1812). Holthuis (1977) discussed the validity of its name in detail and Naderloo (2011) redescribed the species based on the fresh material from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62A1B1FFF3CFE49FAB3FCEB.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (two stations along the south coast). Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I. (Stephensen 1946). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, coral reefs to 3 m.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62A1B1FFF3CFE49FAB3FCEB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) mentioned that all records of the genus Phymodius from the Persian Gulf belong to P. drachi. The present specimens from the Iranian coast confirm the occurrence of the species in the Persian Gulf. Phymodius drachi has already been recorded from the Gulf of Oman by Hogarth (1989) and Apel (2001).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62A1B1FFF3CFCACFD17FB38.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (one station at the south coast), Nabiyu Tonb. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Madagascar, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62A1B1FFF3CFCACFD17FB38.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel (2001) re-examined the single specimen recorded by Stephensen (1946) and confirmed his identification. We did not see this specimen, but the present specimens (one male and one female) verify the occurrence of the species in the Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62B1B1EFF3CFE01FD9DFD34.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (five stations along the south coast). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and recently entered South Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal (Zaouali et al. 2007; Galil 2011). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62B1B1EFF3CFE01FD9DFD34.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Grapsus granulosus H. Milne Edwards, 1853, has repeatedly been considered to be a junior synonym of Grapsus albolineatus (e. g. Alcock 1900; Banerjee 1960; Davie 2002), whereas Crosnier (1965), Vannini & Valmori (1981), Zaouali et al. (2007), Ng et al. (2008) and Naderloo (2011) considered it as a distinct species. This species is distinguishable from its closely related congener, G. albolineatus, by using a combination of characters (see Naderloo 2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62B1B1EFF3CFC13FED2FABF.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (28 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Baghestan, Bostanu, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Bustaneh, Bandar-Divan, Chiruyeh, Bandar-Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Nakhl-Naghi, Bandar- Dayyer, Bordekhun-Kohne, Mond, Kabgan, Golestan, Delvar, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandar-Rig, Chahak, Chah-Shur, Bandar-Deylam, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay), Andaman I. Habitat. Rocky intertidal, rocky jetties, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62B1B1EFF3CFC13FED2FABF.taxon	discussion	Remarks. A more detailed taxonomic account of the species from the region has recently been provided by Naderloo (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62B1B1EFF3CFA88FA9EF8A8.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (mangroves of Naghasheh and Tabl), Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Vietnam, China, Japan, Cocos-Keeling Is., Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), Tahiti, Hawaiian Is. Habitat. Mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC62B1B1EFF3CFA88FA9EF8A8.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Metopograpsus thukuhar is a widely distributed species in Indo-West Pacific and has been well documented by several authors (e. g. Crosnier 1965; Holthuis 1977; Vannini & Valmori 1981; Tirmizi & Ghani 1996). This species is distinguishable from its sympatric congener in the region, M. messor, using several distinct characteristics which are provided together with biological accounts of the species by Naderloo (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1DFF3CFFFBFDC7FDD3.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Khuzestan Province: Arvandroud (Shat al-Arab) and Bahmanshir rivers. General distribution. Endemic: Persian Gulf (Iraq and Iran). Habitat. Muddy bank of river.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1DFF3CFFFBFDC7FDD3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Detailed taxonomic and biological accounts of the species has been provided by Naderloo & Schubart (2009) and Naderloo (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1DFF3CFD44FEC3FC3C.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (five stations around the island), Moghdan. General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Tanzania), Madagascar, Gulf of Aden (Djibouti, Obock), Persian Gulf. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1DFF3CFD44FEC3FC3C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Naderloo & Türkay (2009) redescribed and recorded N. jousseaumei from the Persian Gulf. Naderloo (2011) included this species in his work on the Grapsoid crabs of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman and provided more detailed taxonomic remarks using morphology of the first male gonopod and the median tooth plate of gastric mills.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1DFF3CFB13FCCDF9C2.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (27 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Baghestan, Bostanu, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong, Bandar-Bustaneh, Bandar-Divan, Chiruyeh, Bandar-Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Dayyer, Bordekhun-Kohne, Mond, Golestan, Chapahn, Delvar, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandar-Rig, Chahak, Chah-Shur, Bandar- Deylam, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal, rocky jetties, oyster bank, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1DFF3CFB13FCCDF9C2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Naderloo & Türkay (2009) described Nanosesarma sarii from the Persian Gulf and synonymised the records of Nanosesarma minutum (De Man, 1887) by Jones (1986 a) and Apel (2001). For detailed taxonomic remarks see Naderloo & Türkay (2009) and Naderloo (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1CFF3CF952FA19FF09.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (14 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar- Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Mond, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam, Arvandroud River (Arvandkenar, Yadman Shohaday-Valfajr). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Mangroves, marshlands, muddy banks of river.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6281B1CFF3CF952FA19FF09.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Parasesarma persicum has already been repeatedly recorded as P. plicatum (Latreille, 1803) from the region by the several authors (e. g. Tirmizi & Ghani 1996; Apel & Türkay 1999; Apel 2001; Naderloo & Schubart 2009). Naderloo & Schubart (2010) described the species based on morphological and genetic characters.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6291B1CFF3CFA14FBADF828.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Bushehr Province: Bavirat, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Butaheri, Hendijan, Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty). General distribution. Endemic: Northern Persian Gulf, including Kuwait, Iran, still was not recorded from Iraq, but more likely its occurrence in Iraq will be reported in future. Habitat. Muddy intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6291B1CFF3CFA14FBADF828.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Leptochryseus kuwaitense was originally described from Kuwait by Jones & Clayton (1983) and assigned to the genus Cleistostoma De Haan, 1833. Later, Al-Khayat & Jones (1996) introduced a new monotypic genus Leptochryseus Al-Khayat & Jones, 1996, and transferred C. kuwaitense to the new genus. Ng et al. (2008) did not recognize the genus as a valid taxon and synonymized it with Cleistostoma. Recently, Ng et al. (2009) in their work on the Camptandriidae of Iraq compared L. kuwaitense with Nasima dotilliformis (two species which were originally included in Cleistostoma) in detail. They came to the result that the two species, regarding the carapace morphology and adult sexual dimorphism, are different enough to be placed into two different genera. However, they still were not convinced in recognizing these genera as they share many important characters e. g. similar male abdomen, similar first male gonopod and relatively similar ambulatory legs. Leptochryseus kuwaitense is restricted to the northern Persian Gulf. The record of the species from western Gulf of Oman by Ismail & Ahmed (1993) is a misidentification of N. dotilliformis (see Apel 2001).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6291B1CFF3CFE42FDEBFCDB.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (ten stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Mond, Bandar-Rig, Bavirat, Emamzadeh-Shah Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay). Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6291B1CFF3CFE42FDEBFCDB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Pretzmann (1971) has described a subspecies, Metaplax indicus occidentalis from Bandar-Abbas on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. This subspecies has been synonymized with M. indica by Apel & Türkay (1999), Apel (2001) and Naderloo (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6291B1CFF3CFC73FB78FBBA.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (six stations along the south coast). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Cocos-Keeling Is., Samoa. Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6291B1CFF3CFC73FB78FBBA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Detailed taxonomic remarks were given by Davie & Ng (2007) and Naderloo (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6361B03FF3CFFB1FADFFD7B.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (12 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar- Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Laylatayn. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Endemic: North-eastern Persian Gulf including entire coast of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, distributed southward to Saudi Arabia and Gulf of Qatar. Habitat. Muddy intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6361B03FF3CFFB1FADFFD7B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The monotypic genus Manningis Al-Khayat & Jones, 1996, was described by Al-Khayat & Jones (1996) from the Persian Gulf based on the type species Paracleistostoma arabicum Jones & Clayton, 1983. This species is very similar to Serenella leachii (Audouin, 1826), which has been recorded from the southeastern Persian Gulf in UAE (Al-Ghais & Cooper 1996; Cooper 1997; Apel 2001) and Qatar (Al-Khayat & Jones 1996). Detailed morphological comparison between the two genera Manningis and Serenella is provided by Ng et al. (2009).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6361B03FF3CFDDCFAD0FAF0.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (13 stations around the island), Bandar-Tiab, Bandar-Abbas, Bandar- Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Leylatayn, Bavirat (Bandar-Dayyer), Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Butaheri, Hendijan, Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam, Arvandroud River about 30 km off the marine coast in Arvandkenar (Yadman Shohaday-Valfajr). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6361B03FF3CFDDCFAD0FAF0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The monotypic genus Nasima was described based on Cleistostoma dotilliforme Alcock, 1900, from Karachi, Pakistan. This species is very similar to L. kuwaitense, an endemic species of the northwestern Persian Gulf. The validity of Nasima and Leptochryseus was tentatively supported by Ng et al. (2009), with providing detailed morphologic comparisons for these two genera and the closely allied genus Cleistostoma.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6361B03FF3CFAA7FBA3F805.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (11 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar- Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6361B03FF3CFAA7FBA3F805.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Opusia indica (Alcock, 1900) was described by Alcock (1900) from Karachi, Pakistan as Tylodiplax indica. Ng et al. (2009) recently have described the monotypic genus Opusia and recorded the species O. indica from Iraq. According to Ng et al. (2009), Opusia is mainly characterized by a broadly ovate carapace without distinct ridges on dorsal surface (such ridges are seen in Tylodiplax), anterolateral margin making no angle with posterolateral margin, the anterior part of the first two thoracic sternites of males are rounded (v. s. triangular in Tylodiplax), a distinct complete suture between male abdominal segments, segments 3 - 5 functionally fused, abdominal segment 5 basically constricted, male G 1 ending in a conical apex. Detailed morphological and taxonomic remarks for this genus and allied genera are given by Ng et al. (2009).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6371B02FF3CFFFBFBD0FC8A.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I., Bandar-Abbas, Mahtabi, Bandar-Lengeh. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Chah-Shur. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India (Bombay). Habitat. Intertidal sandy flat.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6371B02FF3CFFFBFBD0FC8A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Stephensen (1946) tentatively recorded Dotilla wichmanni De Man, 1892 from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Apel (2001) examined Stephensen’s (1946) material and identified it as D. blanfordi. Stephensen (1946) himself mentioned the differences between the Persian Gulf specimens and D. wichmanni, in particular, the missing two posterolateral teeth of carapace and the absence of tympana on the sternal segments. His drawing of the male abdomen of the real D. wichmanni from Thailand is clearly different from that of the Persian Gulf specimens (Stephensen 1946: 190, fig. 57 A-E). Apel (2001) stated that the records of D. blanfordi from the south coast of the Persian Gulf by Hornby (1997) and that from the Gulf of Oman by Ismail & Ahmad (1994) are misidentification of D. sulcata. Dotilla sulcata occurs in the southern Gulf of Oman and the southern Persian Gulf, while D. blanfordi is distributed along the western (Iran) and northern (Kuwait) coast of the Persian Gulf. Recently, Fatemi et al. (2011) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6371B02FF3CFC8AFD82FAAF.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Kolahi, Qeshm I. (ten stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas (mangroves), Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6371B02FF3CFC8AFD82FAAF.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Recently, Fatemi et al. (2011) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, and provided some descriptions on the specimens from the region. Apel (2001) already recorded the species from the south coast of the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6371B02FF3CFAE0FA07F8B4.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (ten stations along north coast and three stations along south coast), Bandar-Abbas (mangroves), Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Bandar-Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam. Arvandroud (Yadman Shohaday-Valfajr). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6371B02FF3CFAE0FA07F8B4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ilyoplax stevensi is widely distributed along the eastern (Iranian) coast and northern (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) coast of the Persian Gulf, while missing in its southern part. Its only congener in the Persian Gulf, I. frater has been recorded from the all Gulf states coasts except the Iraqi coast, which is mainly due to lack of sampling.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6341B01FF3CFC3AFCC2FA4B.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (five stations along the south coast), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Rig, Bavirat. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6341B01FF3CFC3AFCC2FA4B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ilyograpsus paludicola (Rathbun, 1909) has been frequently recorded from the Persian Gulf and the adjacent waters (Basson et al. 1977; Titgen 1982; Jones 1986 a; Vousden 1987; Ismail & Ahmed 1993; Hywel- Davies 1994; Apel 1996; Al-Ghais & Cooper 1996; Tirmizi & Ghani 1996; Hornby 1997; Apel & Türkay 1999; Apel 2001). Naderloo et al. (2011) mentioned that all the records of the Ilyograpsus species from the Persian Gulf and adjacent waters are a misidentification of I. rhizophorae. They discussed that I. rhizophorae is distributed in the Western Indian Ocean, whereas I. paludicola is a Indo-West Pacific species distributed westwards till Thailand. For detailed taxonomic discussion see Naderloo et al. (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6341B01FF3CFACCFC93F850.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (four stations along the south coast), Moghdan. General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland). Habitat. Rocky / cobble intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6341B01FF3CFACCFC93F850.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Macrophthalmus sinuspersici has been described by Naderloo & Türkay (2011) from the Persian Gulf. This species belongs to the subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858, which is subject to be raised to generic level (McLay et al. 2010: Ng, personal communication). Naderloo & Türkay (2011) and Naderloo et al. (2011) refrained to assign this species to Chaenostoma even at subgeneric level, as they believe that more work is needed in order to establish new genera within Macrophthalmus.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6341B01FF3CFFB1FCDDFD5F.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (11 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Shenas, Bandar-Hassineh, Bandar- Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar-Dayyer, mangroves of Ghorm, Mond (Khor-Khan), Kabgan Village, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Bandar-Genaveh, Leylatayn, Bandar-Deylam, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Butaheri. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Sandy intertidal (supralittoral).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6341B01FF3CFFB1FCDDFD5F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Recently, Fatemi et al. (2011) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, with providing some descriptions on the specimens from the region.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B00FF3CFFB1FDADFDE7.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Abbas (east of the city). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B00FF3CFFB1FDADFDE7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. There are several records of M. grandidieri from the Persian Gulf [Basson et al. (1977) from Saudi Arabia; Clayton (1986) and Jones (1986) from Kuwait; Vousden (1987) from Bahrain] that are misidentified specimens of M. sulcatus (see Apel & Türkay 1999; Apel 2001; Naderloo et al. 2011). Naderloo et al. (2011) recorded M. grandidieri based on the two juveniles from the Persian Gulf, whereas this species looks to be a common species in the sandy substrate of the seaward fringe of mangroves in Muscat, Gulf of Oman (see Hywel- Davies 1994; Naderloo et al. 2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B00FF3CFDA8FBDAFB88.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Kolahi, Qeshm I. (five stations along the north coast), Hormoz I., Bandar- Abbas, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy-sand / sandy-mud intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B00FF3CFDA8FBDAFB88.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Pretzmann (1971) described M. ressli as a new species from Bandar-Abbas at the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Barnes (1976) reluctantly synonymised M. ressli with M. laevis and was the first to provide a detailed description for M. laevis based on paratype material of M. ressli (NHMW 3791). We have also examined Pretzmann’s specimens, which are clearly belonging to M. laevis. Detailed morphological characteristics and taxonomic remarks, as well as biological notes are provided by Naderloo et al. (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B00FF3CFB8FFCB2F906.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Kuweii, desalination center), Bandar-Abbas. Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandar-Rig, Laylatayn, Bavirat. General distribution. Northern Indian Ocean: Mauritius (?), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, west coast of India, western Malaysia. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B00FF3CFB8FFCB2F906.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Apel & Türkay (1999) mentioned material identified as M. grandidieri recorded from the Persian Gulf (Basson et al. 1977; Clayton 1986; Jones 1986 a; Vousden 1987) that convincingly can be assigned to M. sulcatus. Naderloo et al. (2011) redescribed this species and provided detailed morphological and taxonomic remarks of the species and compared it with M. grandidieri.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6351B07FF3CF80CFDFBFEB9.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (seven stations along the north coast), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Rig, Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, west coast of India. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6321B07FF3CFE91FB55FCA3.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (five stations along the north coast), Bandar-Tiab, Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Khamir. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Rig, Bavirat, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: northern and eastern Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Oman (Gulf of Masirah), Pakistan, west coast of India. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6321B07FF3CFE91FB55FCA3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. During the present study the species has been collected in Khor-Khalasi and Gwadr along the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, therefore is regarded as a new record from the Gulf of Oman.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6321B07FF3CFB30FD0DF9B0.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (19 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Kong, Bandar- Lengeh, Badanr-Shenas, Bandar-Divan, Bandar-Bustaneh, Bandar-Divan, Bandar-Moghuyeh, Bandar-Hassineh, Bandar-Charak, Bandar-Chiruyeh, Lavan I., Bandar-Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Kangan, Bandar-Banak, Dayyer, Chapahn, Delvar, Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandar-Rig, Ghaleh-Heydar, Chahak, Shah- Shur, Shirunak, Bandar-Emam Hassan, Laylatayn, Bandar-Deylam. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India (Bombay). Habitat. Sandy beach.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6321B07FF3CFB30FD0DF9B0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ocypode rotundata is the only species of the genus occurring in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and all other records of the genus are actually a misidentification (see Türkay et al. 1996; Apel & Türkay 1999; Apel 2001; Sakai & Türkay, in press).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6321B06FF3CF999FD0AFE71.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Naghasheh, Band-Chapi, Holor). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6321B06FF3CF999FD0AFE71.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Collins et al. (1984) recorded this species from Iran in the northern Persian Gulf. Apel & Türkay (1999) mentioned that the specimen recorded by Collins et al. (1984) was deposited in the Natural History Museum of London is actually from the Gulf of Oman. Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) introduced a new subgenus, namely Cranuca for this species which is considered of being part of an ancestral base for wide-front fiddler crabs which is characterized by combining a wide front and lacking a pleonal clasping apparatus. This species is common in the Red Sea, living sympatrically with Uca albimana along muddy shores and mangroves. Both of these species have been recorded from the south-western Persian Gulf along the coast of the UAE (Apel & Türkay 1999). This record shows that U. inversa distributed northward, now colonizing in Qeshm I., whereas U. albimana is restricted to the south-western part of the Persian Gulf.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6331B06FF3CFED9FBB2FA8F.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (13 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar- Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar-Dayyer, Mond, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Chah-Shur, Laylatayn, Bavirat, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar Emam. General distribution. Endemic: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6331B06FF3CFED9FBB2FA8F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Pretzmann (1971) described a new subspecies from Bandar-Abbas, Persian Gulf, namely Uca annulipes iranica, and recorded U. annulipes annulipes from the same locality. His new subspecies was described based on a regenerated cheliped of the male which is also seen in real Uca annulipes. Genetic (Shih et al. 2009) and morphological (Naderloo et al. 2010) studies revealed that Uca iranica is a valid species, and must be assigned to the subgenus Austruca Bott, 1973, rather that subgenus Paraleptuca Bott, 1973 (see Naderloo et al. 2010). Uca (Austruca) iranica is closely related to U. (A.) annulipes and U. (A.) albimana, but is distinguishable from them using some morphological characters (see Naderloo et al. 2010). Uca (A.) albimana is sympatric with U. (A.) iranica in western Gulf of Oman and south-western of the Persian Gulf, while U. (A.) annulipes does not occurs in the Persian Gulf. Uca (A.) iranica is a common fiddler crab along north-eastern (Kuwait and Iran, still no record from Iraq) and southern (UAE) coasts of the Persian Gulf. Some biological aspects of the species have been studied by Mokhlesi et al. (2011); however, they misidentified the species as U. annulipes.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6331B05FF3CFA80FE12FEC1.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (12 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar- Dayyer, Mond, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Laylatayn, Bavirat, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam, Arvandroud River (Arvandkenar, Yadman Shohaday-Valfajr). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan. Habitat. Muddy / sandy-mud intertidal, mangroves.	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6331B05FF3CFA80FE12FEC1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Uca sindensis has been originally described by Alcock (1900) from Karachi (Pakistan) as Gelasimus inversus var. sindensis. Crane (1975) assigned this species to her new subgenus Amphiuca Crane, 1975. Beinlich & von Hagen (2006) included it with other Indo-West Pacific wide-front fiddler crabs in the genus Paraleptuca. They stated that this subgenus is heterogeneous, a statement which was supported by Naderloo et al. (2010). The taxonomic position of the species within the large genus Uca is not clear, and need detailed genetic and morphological work in order to establish the exact systematic position, which is being done in an ongoing study by Naderloo & Türkay (in preparation). Collins et al. (1984) redescribed this species providing detailed morphological and biological accounts of it from Kuwait. More biological aspects of U. sindensis can be found in Mokhlesi et al. (2011).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6301B05FF3CFEDFFC5EFBF1.taxon	materials_examined	Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Kolahi, Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Naghasheh), Bandar-Abbas, Mahtabi. General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Gulf of Kutch (West India). Habitat. Sandy / muddy-sand flat, occupying bivalves like Aminatis umbonella. (see Saeedi & Ardalan 2010).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
E177585FC6301B05FF3CFEDFFC5EFBF1.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Arcotheres placunae was originally described by Hornell & Southwell (1909) from Kattiawar in the Gulf of Kutch along the west coast of India. Their description is imprecise in many ways. The figures do not agree with the description given in the text, e. g. walking legs in the female. While the text describes the female dactylus of the third and fourth pair of walking legs being one and a half times longer than those of the first and second, this is not represented in the drawing. Furthermore, the subhexagonal shape of the female carapace is strongly exaggerated. An examination of the type material of Arcotheres tivelae (Gordon, 1936) from Muscat in southern Gulf of Oman revealed that this species is in all respect identical with A. placunae, therefore is synonymized here with the latter. Silas & Algarswami (1967) clearly refer to our species and give a detailed account on the ecology of the species, as did Saeedi & Ardalan (2010). A detailed taxonomic study of the species and its relation to other allied species is currently being done (Naderloo & Becker, in preparation).	en	Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael (2012): Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374. Zootaxa 3374 (1): 1-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1
