Ilyoplax frater (Kemp, 1919)

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 : 50

Ilyoplax frater (Kemp, 1919)

Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986 a, 1986b; Clayton 1986), Saudi Arabia ( 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: Bandar-Kolahi, Qeshm I. (ten stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas (mangroves), Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam.

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

Habitat. Muddy intertidal, mangroves.

Remarks. Recently, Fatemi et al. (2011) recorded this species from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, and provided some descriptions on the specimens from the region. Apel (2001) already recorded the species from the south coast of the Gulf of Oman.