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Confirming of the occurrence of three intertidal xanthid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) in the Gulf of Oman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2014

Negar Ghotbeddin  and
Reza Naderloo
Negar Ghotbeddin*
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
Reza Naderloo
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155-6455 Tehran, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Ghotbeddin, Department of Fisheries, College of Natural Resources, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran email: Ghotbeddiny2005@gmail.com
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Abstract

Three brachyuran species of the family Xanthidae, Atergatis ocyroe, Macromedaeus voeltzkowi and Macromedaeus quinquedentatus are recorded from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman. These specimens were collected in 2009 and 2010 from the Iranian waters of the Gulf of Oman. Among these species, A. ocyroe is a new record for the Gulf of Oman and M. quinquedentatus is a new record for the Iranian coast. This is the second record of M. voeltzkowi from the Iranian coast, whereas there is still no record from the Arabian coast of the Gulf of Oman. The diagnostic characteristics of the species and some taxonomic remarks are reported upon in this paper.

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CrustaceaBrachyuraXanthidaeNew recordsGulf of OmanIran

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e98
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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