Menaethius monocerus (Latreille, 1825)

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 : 35

Menaethius monocerus (Latreille, 1825)

Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001), UAE ( Evans et al. 1973; Cooper 1997), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; present study)

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku), Bostano (Parsian).

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, Maldives, India, Lakshadweep, Nicobar, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, China, Japan, Indonesia, Cocos-Keeling I., Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), Fiji, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Hawaiian Is.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal and oyster bank, 0–33 m.