Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888)

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 : 14-15

Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888)

Persian Gulf. UAE ( De Grave 2007), Iran (present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, Dustku).

General distribution. Pantropical: South Africa to Red Sea, from the Persian Gulf throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans; Caribbean Sea (Chace 1972).

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal, associated with sea anemones ( Anthozoa).

Remarks. De Grave (2007) recorded this species based on a single female from 9.4 m from Qatar. Several specimens from Qeshm I., collected during this investigation, confirm the occurrence of this widely distributed tropical species in the Persian Gulf.