Eurycarcinus orientalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

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 : 37

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Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 1994a, 1994b), Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1999; Apel 2001), Bahrain (Vausden 1997; Apel 2001), UAE ( Titgen 1982; Cooper 1997; Hornby 1997; Apel 2001), Iran ( Naderloo & Sari 2007b; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Tiab, Qeshm I. (11 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (mangroves), Bandar-Banak, mangroves of Mond, Bandar-Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam.

General distribution. Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India ( Bombay), Thailand.

Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.

References

Al-Khayat, J. A. & Jones, D. A. (1999) A comparison of the macrofauna of natural and replanted mangroves in Qatar. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 49 (Supplement A), 55 - 63.

Apel, M. (1994 a) Effects of the 1991 oil spill on the crab fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of intertidal mudflats in the Western Arabian Gulf. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 166, 40 - 46.

Apel, M. (1994 b) Biology, ecology and taxonomy of brachyuran and paguridean Crustacea. In: Establishment of a Marine Habitat and Wildlife Sanctuary for the Gulf Region. Final Report for Phase II, Jubail & Frankfurt, CEC / NCWCD, 406 - 437.

Apel, M. (2001) Taxonomie und Zoogeographie der Brachyura, Paguridea und Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) des Persisch-Arabischen Golfes. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt a. M., 268 pp.

Basson, P. W., Burchard, J. E., Hardy, J. T. & Price, A. R. G. (1977) Biotopes of the Western Arabian Gulf: Marine life and environments of Saudi Arabia. ARAMCO, Dept. of Loss Prevention and environmental affairs, Dhahran: 289 pp.

Cooper, R. T. (1997) Mangal-associated Brachyura (Ocypodidae, Grapsidae, Portunidae, Majidae, Xanthidae and Leucosiidae) from the north-eastern coastal Islands of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Crustaceana, 70 (2), 155 - 179.

Hornby, R. (1997) A survey of the habitats, invertebrate fauna and environmental sensitivity of the mainland coast of the UAE, with information on status and distribution of Crustaceans. TRIBULUS, Bulletin of the Emirates Natural History Group, 7 (2), 11 - 17.

Jones, D. A. (1986 a) A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. University of Kuwait Blandford Press, Poole, Kuwait, 192 pp.

Naderloo, R. & Sari, A. (2007 b) Subtidal crabs of the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. New collections and biogeographic considerations. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 10 (3), 341 - 349.

Titgen, R. H. (1982) The systematics and ecology of the Decapods of Dubai, and their zoogeographic relationships to the Persian Gulf and the Western Indian Ocean. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Texas A & M University, 292 pp.