Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861 )

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 : 21

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1

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Petrolisthes rufescens ( Heller, 1861 )
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Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Apel 2001), Bahrain ( Nobili 1906a; Haig 1966), Qatar (Al- Khayat & Jones 1999), UAE ( Titgen 1982; Hornby 1997; Apel 2001) Iran ( Heller 1861; 1861 c; Nobili 1906a; Haig 1966; present study).

Iran. Most common porcellanid along Iranian coast, being found in any rocky shore.

General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Nicobar Is.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. Petrolisthes rufescens is the most common species and has frequently been recorded from the Persian Gulf. Apel (2001) has collected several specimens along the Saudi Arabian and the UAE coasts, and listed them as Petrolisthes sp. nov. [ aff. rufescens ( Heller, 1861) ] in Apel (2001: 41, 42).

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