Athanas iranicus Anker, Naderloo & Marin, 2010

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 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255519
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scientific name	Athanas iranicus Anker, Naderloo & Marin, 2010
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Persian Gulf. Iran ( Anker et al. 2010; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Qeshm I. (Type locality, 2 km east of desalination center) .

General distribution. Endemic: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormoz .

Habitat. Sandy-muddy/muddy-sand intertidal.

Remarks. Athanas iranicus was described from a single male from Qeshm I. It is assigned to the Athanas dimorphus species-group, which is mainly characterized by the general shape of the first chelipeds and their ability to be carried flexed, with the chela fitting in the deeply depressed merus ( Anker & Jeng 2007; Anker, et al. 2010). Athanas iranicus is closely related to Athanas squillophilus Hayashi, 2002 , described from Japan, by the presence of dense rows of long setae on the palms of the chelipeds, a character that also distinguishes the species from the remaining congeners.

References

Anker, A. & Jeng, M. S. (2007) Establishment of a new genus for Arete borradailei Coutiere, 1903 and Athanas verrucosus Banner and Banner, 1960, with redefinitions of Arete Stimpson, 1860 and Athanas Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zoological Studies, 46, 454 - 472.

Anker, A., Naderloo, R. & Marin, I. (2010) On a new species of the shrimps genus Athanas Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) from Iran. Zootaxa, 2372, 53 - 60.