Metaplax indica H. Milne Edwards, 1852

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 : 48

Metaplax indica H. Milne Edwards, 1852

Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Clayton 1986; Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Apel 1994 a, Apel 1996), Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1999), Iran ( Pretzmann 1971, Naderloo 2011; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (ten stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Mond, Bandar-Rig, Bavirat, Emamzadeh-Shah Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Hendijan, Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam.

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

Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.

Remarks. Pretzmann (1971) has described a subspecies, Metaplax indicus occidentalis from Bandar-Abbas on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. This subspecies has been synonymized with M. indica by Apel & Türkay (1999), Apel (2001) and Naderloo (2011).