Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852

Ashrafi, Hossein, Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2020, An updated checklist of caridean shrimps of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Zootaxa 4747 (3), pp. 521-534 : 522

Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852

( Fig. 1A )

Material. 2 males ( ZUTC 6758 ), Hormuz Island, Persian Gulf , 27°02’10”N, 56°29’23”E, intertidal, sandy with patches of rock, 02.04.2016, coll. A. Dehghani & H. Ashrafi ; 1 female ( ZUTC 6860 ), Qadir Park , Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, 25°89’58”N, 55°04’23”E, sandy/rocky with coral, 17.07.2019, coll. H. Ashrafi.

Habitat and habit. Sandy/rocky shores, usually under rocks or in dead coral branches in intertidal zone.

General distribution. Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Color pattern of A—Alpheus mitis Dana, 1852, female (ZUTC 6860), from Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, photo by R. Abdollahi; B—Synalpheus thai Banner & Banner, 1966, male (ZUTC 6839), from Tis village, Chabahar Bay, photo by R. Abdollahi; C—Synalpheus thai Banner and Banner, 1966, female (ZUTC 6839), data same as male; D—Lysmata kuekenthali (De Man, 1902), hermaphrodite (ZUTC 6841), from Djod village, Oman Sea, photo by R. Abdollahi; E—Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852, male (ZUTC 6845), from Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, Photo by S. Shahbazi; F—Conchodytes meleagrinae Peters, 1852, female (ZUTC 6845), data same as male.