Annotated checklist of the decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman, northwestern Indian Ocean

Abstract

The decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman have been documented based on the published literature and new sampling along the Iranian coast between 2005 and 2015. A total of 121 species were collected along the Iranian coast, of which 43 are new records for the Gulf of Oman. The Decapoda of the Gulf is currently represented by 258 species belonging to five infraorders: Axiidea, Achelata, Anomura, Brachyura, and Caridea. Brachyura, with 176 species, are the best represented group, followed by Anomura and Caridea with 42 and 17 species, respectively. The least diverse groups are Achelata, with five species, and Axiidea, with three. On the basis of the available information, the northern (Iranian) coast with 189 species is more diverse than the southern (United Arab Emirates and Oman) coast with 134 species.

Range extension of brachyuran crabs of the family Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in Indian waters

“…The species is so far reported from the Persian Gulf (Naderloo et al 2013); Iran (Stephensen 1946, Ghotbeddin et al 2012, Naderloo et al 2015, Iraq ), UAE (Ismail & Ahmed 1993) and Pakistan (Alcock 1900) and now from the northern Arabian Sea in Gujarat state, India.…”

“…The species is so far reported from the Persian Gulf (Naderloo et al 2013), UAE (Hornby 1997, Apel 2001), Kuwait (Jones & Clayton 1983;Ng et al 2009), Bahrain ), Iran (Naderloo et al 2015), Iraq and Pakistan (Alcock 1900, Manning 1991, and now, from Gujarat, India. (Figs.…”

“…Distribution: The species is so far reported from Iran (Naderloo et al 2015), Kuwait , and now, from Gujarat, India.…”

First record of Petrolisthes virgatus Paul'son, 1875 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran

“…Th is genus, like other members of its family, occupies variety of habitats including depressions under stones, spaces in worm tubes, cavities of sponges, and excavations in coral reefs (Rodríguez et al, 2005). Several species of Petrolisthes are most common and widely distributed along the Range expansion of P. virgatus in the Indian Ocean Nauplius, 24: e2016027 Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Naderloo and Türkay, 2012;Naderloo et al, 2013;2015). Naderloo et al (2013) recorded 11 species of Porcellanidae from the Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, of which three belonged to Petrolisthes.…”

“…Recently, a new species, Petrolisthes tuerkayi was described from the Persian Gulf by Naderloo and Apel (2014). Currently, 16 species of Porcellanidae are recorded from the Gulf of Oman, of which seven are Petrolisthes (Naderloo et al, 2015).…”