Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860

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 : 16-17

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Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860
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Persian Gulf. First Persian Gulf record. Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku).

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Chagos Archipelago, Gulf of Manaar, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia (Java), Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW).

Remarks. Microprosthema validum is taxonomically a well known species and described in detail by Holthuis (1946: 50–54, Pl. 3, fig. h). The nearest record of this widely distributed species is from Pakistani waters in the northern Arabian Sea (Tirmizi & Kazmi 1979).

Holthuis, L. B. (1946) Biological results of the Snellius Expedition XIV. The Decapoda Macrura of the Snellius Expedition. I. The Stenopodidae, Nephropsidae, Scyllaridae and Palinuridae. Temminckia, 7, 1 - 178, Plates 1 - 11.