Lysmata kuekenthali ( De Man, 1902 )

Ashrafi, Hossein, Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2020, An updated checklist of caridean shrimps of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Zootaxa 4747 (3), pp. 521-534 : 523

Lysmata kuekenthali ( De Man, 1902)

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Material. 2 females & 11 males ( ZUTC 6840 ), Ramin , Gulf of Oman, 25°16’7.05”N, 60°45’2.71”E, sandy/rocky with cobbles, 16.05.2018, coll. H. Ashrafi ; 8 males ( ZUTC 6841 ), Djod , Gulf of Oman, 25°26’40”N, 59°30’45”E, sandy/rocky with cobbles, 18.05.2018, coll. H. Ashrafi ; 3 females & 5 males ( ZUTC 6842 ), Djod , Gulf of Oman, 25°26’40”N, 59°30’45”E, sandy/rocky with cobbles, 07.02.2009, coll. H. Salehi.

Habitat and habit. The specimens were found in a rocky tidal pool at night with specimens belonging to Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) .

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific.

Remarks. Anker & De Grave (2016) noted that this species might be a species complex based on their observation on color pattern differences. Additionally, color pattern of the material of this study differs to the Singaporean specimens, and make their hypothesis stronger.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Color pattern of A—Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852, female (ZUTC 6860), from Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, photo by R. Abdollahi; B—Synalpheus thai Banner & Banner, 1966, male (ZUTC 6839), from Tis village, Chabahar Bay, photo by R. Abdollahi; C—Synalpheus thai Banner and Banner, 1966, female (ZUTC 6839), data same as male; D—Lysmata kuekenthali (De Man, 1902), hermaphrodite (ZUTC 6841), from Djod village, Oman Sea, photo by R. Abdollahi; E—Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852, male (ZUTC 6845), from Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, Photo by S. Shahbazi; F—Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852, female (ZUTC 6845), data same as male.