Ibla cumingi Darwin, 1852

(Fig. 2a)

Material examined. ZUTC-cirri 1290.

Persian Gulf. Yan et al. (2005) Iran, from an unknown locality; present study.

Gulf of Oman. Utinomi (1969) from an unknown locality.

General distribution and habitat. Indo-West Pacific; intertidal crevices, such as rock cracks and fissures between oyster and barnacle shells (Jones et al. 2000; Yan et al. 2005).

Descriptive features and remarks. Peduncle clothed in chitinous hairs; peduncle and four chitinous capitular plates light brown. Largest specimen with capitular width 5.27 mm, capitular length 3.60 mm, peduncular length 8.59 mm.

Specimens were collected from intertidal rocks at Qeshm Island (26° 54'S, 56° 09' N) (Fig. 1).