Arete indicus (Coutiere, 1903)

Naderloo, Reza & Türkay, Michael, 2012, Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374, Zootaxa 3374 (1), pp. 1-67 : 11

Arete indicus (Coutiere, 1903)

Persian Gulf. UAE ( Nobili 1906a; De Grave 2007), Iran ( Sheibani 2008, as Athanas indicus ; present study).

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).