Salmoneus chadwickae Ďuriš and Horká, 2016

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Salmoneus chadwickae Ďuriš & Horká, 2016: 774, Figs. 1 -7.

Material examined. 1 ovigerous and 1 non-ovigerous spm (ZUTC 6640), sandy bottom with boulders and corals, shallow subtidal, Larak Island, Persian Gulf, 26° 53’ 2.65” N, 56° 24’ 2.98” E, 02 Feb. 2018, coll. H. Ashrafi. - 2 non-ovigerous spms (ZUTC 6641) rocky with boulders, intertidal, Ramchah, Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, 26° 53’ 42.81” N, 56° 09’ 41.09” E, 30 Jan. 2018, coll. H. Ashrafi. – 3 ovigerous and 2 non-ovigerous spms (ZUTC 6642), rocky bed with boulders, shallow subtidal, south Hengam Island, Persian Gulf, 26° 36’ 50.60” N, 55° 52’ 34.91” E, 17 Oct. 2016, coll. H. Ashrafi, R. Abdollahi & A. Doostali .

Remarks. The present material of S. chadwickae is completely consistent with the original description, drawings, and photos of the species by Ďuriš & Horká (2016). The rostrum length varies from reaching the middle to the end of the second antennular segment; the dorsal carina on the rostrum and carapace is long, nearly 0.7 as long as the carapace length; the orbital teeth completely cover the eye cornea from dorsal view and reach to about the midlength of the basal segment of the antennular peduncle; the first pereiopods are strongly asymmetrical in shape and unequal in size; the major cheliped carpus is produced into a stout subtriangular projection medio-distally; the palm bears a shallow depression dorsally and a deep proximo-ventral notch medially; the tip of the fixed finger is strongly upturned in about right angle and the telson bears a shallow median notch posteriorly.

Coloration. Same as the type material, bright yellow across the entire body and appendages (Ďuriš & Horká 2016: 780, Fig. 7).

Ecology. The Persian Gulf specimens were found beneath boulders semi-buried in sand in low intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. The type specimens from the north-eastern Red Sea were found in a similar habitat (Ďuriš & Horká 2016).

Distribution. Previously known only from the north Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba (type locality), and the south Red Sea (latter – not specified locality; see Ďuriš & Horká 2016). Newly recorded from the Persian Gulf, thus, the known range extended significantly (present report).