Tirmizicallichirus masoomi (Tirmizi, 1970)

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 : 18

Tirmizicallichirus masoomi (Tirmizi, 1970)

Persian Gulf. Iran ( Sepahvand & Sari 2010).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (east of Fajr Jetty).

General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India.

Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.

Remark. Tirmizi (1970) originally described Callianassa (Callichirus) masoomi Tirmizi, 1970 , from the Pakistan waters of western Karachi. Sakai (1999) transferred this species to his newly erected genus Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999 . Sakai (2011) discussed the taxonomic position of this species and mentioned the morphological differences between T. masoomi and type species of the genus Podocalichirus Sakai, 1999, namely Callianassa madagassa Lenz & Richters, 1881 . He assigned T. masoomi in the new genus Tirmizicallichirus Sakai, 2011 .