Alpheus lutosus Anker & De Grave, 2009

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 : 10

Alpheus lutosus Anker & De Grave, 2009

Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Anker & De Grave 2009), Iran (present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Bandar-Abbas, Qeshm I . Bushehr Province: Bavirat.

General distribution. Endemic, only known from the Persian Gulf ( Iran and Kuwait).

Habitat. Muddy intertidal, estuaries.

Remarks. Anker & De Grave (2009) described this species from the intertidal mudflats of Bubiyan I. off northern Kuwait. This medium size species (CL of male from 6.0 mm to 10.0 mm) is readily distinguished from its congeners in the area by having a distinct spine-shaped tooth on the mesial face of the palm of the large cheliped, in particular from its sympatric and more common species A. lobidens . Anker & De Grave (2009) mentioned that A. lutosus is sympatric with A. lobidens De Haan, 1849 , and A. rapax Fabricius, 1798 , in the muddy estuaries of Kuwait, but the latter was not collected during the present study.