Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861 )
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Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861 ) |
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Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861) View in CoL
Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Apel 2001), Bahrain ( Nobili 1906a; Haig 1966), Qatar (Al- Khayat & Jones 1999), UAE ( Titgen 1982; Hornby 1997; Apel 2001) Iran ( Heller 1861; 1861 c; Nobili 1906a; Haig 1966; present study).
Iran. Most common porcellanid along Iranian coast, being found in any rocky shore.
General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Nicobar Is.
Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.
Remarks. Petrolisthes rufescens is the most common species and has frequently been recorded from the Persian Gulf. Apel (2001) has collected several specimens along the Saudi Arabian and the UAE coasts, and listed them as Petrolisthes sp. nov. [ aff. rufescens ( Heller, 1861) ] in Apel (2001: 41, 42).
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 Unpublished doctoral thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt a. M., 268 pp.
Haig, J. (1966) The Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Anomura) of the Iranian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhaven, 129, 49 - 65.
Heller, C. (1861) Beitrage zur Crustaceen-Fauna des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Sitzungsberichte der mathematischnaturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 43 (1), 297 - 374.
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.
Nobili, G. (1906 a) Crustaces decapodes et stomatopodes. In: Mission J. Bonnier et Ch. Perez (Golfe Persique, 1901). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, 40, 13 - 159, pls. 2 - 7.
Titgen, R. H. (1982) The systematics and ecology of the Decapods of Dubai, and their zoogeographic relationships to the Persian Gulf and the Western Indian Ocean. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Texas A & M University, 292 pp.
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