Eurycarcinus integrifrons De Man, 1879

Naderloo, Reza & Türkay, 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 : 36-37

Eurycarcinus integrifrons De Man, 1879

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Apel 1994b, 1996), UAE ( Al-Ghais & Cooper 1996), Iran [ Stephensen (1946) as Litocheira (amoyensis Gordon?); Apel (2001); Naderloo & Sari (2007b), present study].

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.

Remarks. Apel (1994b) 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 .