Athanopsis cf. platyrhynchus Coutière, 1897

Ashrafi, Hossein, Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2020, An updated checklist of caridean shrimps of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Zootaxa 4747 (3), pp. 521-534 : 522

Athanopsis cf. platyrhynchus Coutière, 1897

Material. 1 female ( ZUTC 6570 ), east coast of Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf , 25°51’37”N, 56°08’83”E, sandy with boulders, 04.06.2011, coll. A. Shahdadi & A. Sari.

Habitat and habit. No ecological information has been mentioned for the specimens of this study, but members of this genus are generally related to echiurans ( Anker, 2012).

General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean.

Remarks. According to latest key provided by Anker (2012), the material of the present study is mostly related to Athanopsis platyrhynchus Coutière, 1897 . However, due to some differences especially lacking rostral carina, further study needs to be conducted.