Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775), Brachyura
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Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775) |
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Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775) View in CoL
Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 1994 a, 1996), Bahrain ( Nobili 1906a; Stephensen 1946; Vousden 1987), Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1999), UAE ( Titgen 1982; Al-Ghais & Cooper 1996; Cooper 1997; Hornby 1997), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; Hosseini 2009; Naderloo 2011; present study).
Iran. Hormozgan Province: Kolahi, Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (28 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Baghestan, Bostanu, Bandar-Pohl, Bandar-Khamir, Mahtabi, Bandar-Kong, Bandar-Lengeh, Bandar-Bustaneh, Bandar-Divan, Chiruyeh, Bandar-Mogham, Moghdan. Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Nakhl-Naghi, Bandar- Dayyer, Bordekhun-Kohne, Mond, Kabgan, Golestan, Delvar, Bandargah, Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandar-Rig, Chahak, Chah-Shur, Bandar-Deylam, Emamzadeh Shah-Abdollah. Khuzestan Province: Mahshahr (Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam.
General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India ( Bombay), Andaman I.
Habitat. Rocky intertidal, rocky jetties, mangroves.
Remarks. A more detailed taxonomic account of the species from the region has recently been provided by Naderloo (2011).
Al-Ghais, S. M. & Cooper, R. T. (1996) Brachyura (Grapsidae, Ocypodidae, Portunidae, Xanthidae and Leucosiidae) of Umm Al Quwain mangal, United Arab Emirates. Tropical Zoology, 9,409 - 430.
Al-Khayat, J. A. & Jones, D. A. (1996) Two new genera, Manningis and Leptochryseus (Decapoda: Camptandriinae), and descriptions of the first zoea of six Brachyurans from the Arabian Gulf. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 16 (4), 797 - 813.
Al-Khayat, J. A. & Jones, D. A. (1999) A comparison of the macrofauna of natural and replanted mangroves in Qatar. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 49 (Supplement A), 55 - 63.
Apel, M. (1994 a) Effects of the 1991 oil spill on the crab fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of intertidal mudflats in the Western Arabian Gulf. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 166, 40 - 46.
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.
Cooper, R. T. (1997) Mangal-associated Brachyura (Ocypodidae, Grapsidae, Portunidae, Majidae, Xanthidae and Leucosiidae) from the north-eastern coastal Islands of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Crustaceana, 70 (2), 155 - 179.
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.
Hosseini, S. H. (2009) The intertidal Decapods of Bushehr, northern part of the Persian Gulf. Iranian Fisheries Scientific Journal, 8 (1), 37 - 46.
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.
Stephensen, K. (1946) The Brachyura of the Iranian Gulf. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran, Part IV. E. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 57 - 237.
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.
Vousden, D. H. (1987) The Bahrain Marine Habitat Survey. A study of the marine habitats in the waters of Bahrain and their relationship to physical, chemical, biological and anthropogenic influences. Published by: R. O. P. M. E. (Kuwait), 95 pp. + Appendices.
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