Lithotrya valentiana Reinhardt, 1850

Shahdadi, Adnan, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2014, A checklist of the barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman with nine new records, Zootaxa 3784 (3), pp. 201-223 : 204

Lithotrya valentiana Reinhardt, 1850

( Figs 2 d, e)

Material examined. ZUTC-cirri 1234.

Persian Gulf. First record for the Persian Gulf.

Gulf of Oman. First record for the Gulf of Oman.

General distribution and habitat. Indo-West Pacific; boring into littoral rocks ( Jones et al. 2000; present study).

Descriptive features and remarks. Specimens with small rostrum ( Fig. 2 e) and no lateral capitular plates ( Fig. 2 d). Largest specimen with capitular width 6.0–7.0 mm, capitular length 4.0–7.0 mm, peduncular length 13.0–15.5 mm.

The specimens were collected from their burrows in intertidal rocks at Chabahar (25° 16'N, 60°44'E) and Qeshm Island (26° 54'N, 56° 09' E) ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of sampling sites of the species recorded in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

FIGURE 2. a. Ibla cumingi Darwin, 1852, ZUTC-cirri 1290, Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf; lateral view; b. Conchoderma hunteri (Owen, 1830), ZUTC-cirri 1219, Chabahar, Gulf of Oman, lateral view; c. Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767, ZUTC- Cirri 1154, Portuguese Castle, Chabahar, Gulf of Oman, lateral view; d. Lithotrya valentiana Reinhardt, 1850, ZUTC-cirri 1264, Chabahar, Gulf of Oman, lateral view; e. the same specimen, rostrum.