Hyastenus hilgendorfi De Man, 1887

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 : 33

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scientific name	Hyastenus hilgendorfi De Man, 1887
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Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Apel 2001), Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001), Bahrain ( Stephensen 1946), UAE ( Nobili 1906a), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; Apel 2001; Naderloo & Sari 2007a; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (Haleh).

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Hawaiian Is.

Habitat. Griffin & Tranter (1986) recorded the species from 5-108 m in the Indo-West Pacific. Stephensen’s (1946) material of the species was collected in 3-33 m in the Persian Gulf. Naderloo & Sari’s (2007a) specimens of the species came from depth of 15- 40 m. During the present study a single male was collected at the rocky intertidal zone of Bandar Emam.

Remarks. Hyastenus hilgendorfi is a typical subtidal crab occurring rarely in low-intertidal zone. This species is a very common majid crab in the Persian Gulf ( Naderloo & Sari 2007a). There are four species of the genus Hyastenus known from the Persian Gulf (see Naderloo & Sari 2007b) but only H. hilgendorfi is considered as an intertidal element.

References

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 Unpublished doctoral thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt a. M., 268 pp.

Basson, P. W., Burchard, J. E., Hardy, J. T. & Price, A. R. G. (1977) Biotopes of the Western Arabian Gulf: Marine life and environments of Saudi Arabia. ARAMCO, Dept. of Loss Prevention and environmental affairs, Dhahran: 289 pp.

Griffin, D. J. G. & Tranter, H. A. (1986) The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga Expedition. Part VIII. Majidae. Siboga Expeditie Monographie, 39 c 4, 1 - 335.

Naderloo, R. & Sari, A. (2007 a) New record of Hyastenus inermis (Rathbun, 1911) (Brachuyra, Majidae) From the Persian Gulf, Iran. Crustaceana, 80 (10), 1261 - 1264.

Naderloo, R. & Sari, A. (2007 b) Subtidal crabs of the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. New collections and biogeographic considerations. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 10 (3), 341 - 349.

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.

Stephensen, K. (1946) The Brachyura of the Iranian Gulf. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran, Part IV. E. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 57 - 237.