Gonioinfradens paucidentata (A. Milne-Ewdwards 1861)

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 : 39

Gonioinfradens paucidentata (A. Milne-Ewdwards 1861)

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel & Spiridonov 1998; Apel 2001), Bahrain ( Apel 2001), UAE [ Nobili (1906a) as Thalamita giardi, Titgen (1982) ; Apel & Spiridonov (1998); Apel (2001)], Iran ( Naderloo & Sari 2007b; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku) . Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh).

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, Red Sea, Socotra, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Japan, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia, French Polynesia.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal to 100 m.

Remarks. Thalamita giardi Nobili, 1905 , was described by Nobili (1905a) from the Persian Gulf in UAE, which is thought being a junior subjective synonym of Gonioinfradens paucidentata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1981) (see Leene 1938; Crosnier 1962; Apel & Spiridonov 1998). Apel & Spiridonov (1982) mentioned this fact because the juvenile specimens of G. paucidentata may lack one or two additional small spines on the anterolateral margin, therefore could be easily misidentified as Thalamita .