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

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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.

References

Al-Khayat, J. A. & Jones, D. A. (1999) A comparison of the macrofauna of natural and replanted mangroves in Qatar. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 49 (Supplement A), 55 - 63.

Apel, M. (2001) Taxonomie und Zoogeographie der Brachyura, Paguridea und Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) des Persisch-Arabischen Golfes. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt a. M., 268 pp.

Clayton, D. A. (1986) Ecology of mudflats with particular reference to those of the northern Arabian Gulf. In: Halwagy, R., D. Clayton, & M. Behbehani (eds.), Marine Environment and Pollution. Proceedings of the 1 st Persian Gulf Conference on Environment and Pollution, Kuwait, 7 - 9 February 1982. University of Kuwait, 83 - 96.

Cooper, R. T. (1997) Mangal-associated Brachyura (Ocypodidae, Grapsidae, Portunidae, Majidae, Xanthidae and Leucosiidae) from the north-eastern coastal Islands of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Crustaceana, 70 (2), 155 - 179.

Fatemi, S. M. R., Vosoughi, Gh., Valinasab, T., Savari, A. & Ghorbeddin, N. (2011). First report of dotilid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the northern Gulf of Oman, Iran. Crustaceana, 84 (14), 1745 - 1753.

Hornby, R. (1997) A survey of the habitats, invertebrate fauna and environmental sensitivity of the mainland coast of the UAE, with information on status and distribution of Crustaceans. TRIBULUS, Bulletin of the Emirates Natural History Group, 7 (2), 11 - 17.

Jones, D. A. (1986 a) A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. University of Kuwait Blandford Press, Poole, Kuwait, 192 pp.

Jones, D. A. (1986 b) Ecology of the rocky and sandy shores of Kuwait. In: Halwagy, R., Clayton, D. & Behbehani, M. (eds.), Marine Environment and Pollution. Proceedings of the 1 st Arabian Gulf Conference on Environment and Pollution, Kuwait, 7 - 9 February 1982. University of Kuwait, 69 - 81.

Pretzmann, G., (1971) Ergebnisse einiger Sammelreisen nach Vorderasien. 2. Teil, Marine Brachyura. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien, 75, 477 - 487.

Stephensen, K. (1946) The Brachyura of the Iranian Gulf. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran, Part IV. E. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 57 - 237.

Vousden, D. H. (1987) The Bahrain Marine Habitat Survey. A study of the marine habitats in the waters of Bahrain and their relationship to physical, chemical, biological and anthropogenic influences. Published by: R. O. P. M. E. (Kuwait), 95 pp. + Appendices.