Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3703880
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scientific name	Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982
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Alpheus balaenodigitus Banner & Banner, 1982 View in CoL

Material. 1 female & 2 males ( ZUTC 6853 ), Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, 25°53’12”N, 55°02’10”E, 04.05.2016, coll. A. Dehghani & H. Ashrafi. GoogleMaps

Habitat and habit. The specimens were found in a rocky tidal pool and in dead coral branches.

General distribution. Indian Ocean and Australia.

Remark. These three specimens agree with Banner & Banner’s (1982) descriptions except that they noted margin of rostrum bearing six short setae, while no setae is seen in the Persian Gulf’s materials.