Scopimera crabricauda Alcock, 1900

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 : 51

Scopimera crabricauda Alcock, 1900

Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986 a, 1986b; Clayton 1986), Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001), Bahrain ( Vousden 1987; Apel 2001), Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1999), UAE ( Cooper 1997; Hornby 1997; Apel 2001) Iran ( Stephensen 1946; Pretzmann 1971; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (11 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Shenas, Bandar-Hassineh, Bandar- Mogham, Moghdan . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar-Dayyer, mangroves of Ghorm, Mond (Khor-Khan), Kabgan Village , Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Bandar-Genaveh, Leylatayn, Bandar-Deylam, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah . Khuzestan Province: Butaheri.

General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan.

Habitat. Sandy intertidal (supralittoral).

Remarks. Recently, Fatemi et al. (2011) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, with providing some descriptions on the specimens from the region.