Acanthonyx limbatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

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 : 33

Acanthonyx limbatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001), UAE ( Titgen 1982), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; Apel 2001; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kish I. and Bostano (Parsian) by Stephensen (1946) . Bushehr Province: Chahak.

General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: Réunion, Mauritius, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India ( Bombay).

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal, found attached to underneath of stones.

Remarks. Acanthonyx limbatus was first recorded by Stephensen (1946) from the Persian Gulf. During the present study, a single male was collected from rocky shore of Chahak (10 km W. to Bandar-Genaveh).