Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1961

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 : 28

Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1961

Persian Gulf. Iran ( Apel 2001; Moradmand 2007; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Tabl, Dustku) . Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Bandargah.

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Thailand, South China Sea.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. Apel (2001) has recorded this species from Bushehr on the Iranian coast by examining the Danish Expedition collection. Pagurus kulkarnii has recently been recorded from the Gulf of Oman by Moradmand (2007) and Moradmand & Sari (2007a). During the present study, a single male was found in the rocky shore of Dustku at the south coast of the Qeshm I.