Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882

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 : 53

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scientific name

Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882
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Persian Gulf. Kuwait [ Clayton (1986); Jones (1986 a, 1986b) as Ocypode saratan ], Saudi Arabia [ Basson et al. (1977) as Ocypode saratan ; Türkay et al. (1996)], Bahrain [ Vousden (1987) as Ocypode saratan ], Bahrain [ Vousden (1987) as Ocypode saratan ], UAE [ Evans et al. (1973) as Ocypoda aegyptica [sic!]; Hornby 1997; Cooper 1997; Türkay et al. (1996)], Iran [ Stephensen (1946) as Ocypode aegyptica ; Türkay et al. (1996); Hosseini (2009); present study].

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (19 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Kong, Bandar- Lengeh, Badanr-Shenas, Bandar-Divan, Bandar-Bustaneh, Bandar-Divan, Bandar-Moghuyeh, Bandar-Hassineh, Bandar-Charak, Bandar-Chiruyeh, Lavan I., Bandar-Mogham, Moghdan . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Kangan, Bandar-Banak, Dayyer, Chapahn, Delvar, Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandar-Rig, Ghaleh-Heydar, Chahak, Shah- Shur, Shirunak, Bandar-Emam Hassan, Laylatayn, Bandar-Deylam.

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

Habitat. Sandy beach.

Remarks. Ocypode rotundata is the only species of the genus occurring in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and all other records of the genus are actually a misidentification (see Türkay et al. 1996; Apel & Türkay 1999; Apel 2001; Sakai & Türkay, in press).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Ocypodidae

Genus

Ocypode

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