Alpheus sp. 1

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 : 11

Alpheus sp. 1

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Zeytun Park Beach, Suza).

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. Alpheus sp. 1 is closely related to the Alpheus lobidens -species group, by possessing crests of balaeniceps setae on the cheliped dactylus of both males and females and the presence of a relatively short rostral spine. Specimens in this collection are most similar to A. lobidens , but are easily distinguished from it by a relatively deep distal saddle on the upper margin on the major cheliped, the shoulder is slightly overhanging, carpus of the second pereopods with first and the second segments nearly of the same length. The species will be described as new together with Arthur Anker.