Pilumnus longicornis Hilgendorf, 1879

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 : 38-39

Pilumnus longicornis Hilgendorf, 1879

Persian Gulf. Kuwait ( Jones 1986a), Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977), Bahrain ( Stephensen 1946), UAE ( Hornby 1997), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; Naderloo & Sari 2007b; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Basaeedu, Dustku), Moghdan . Bushehr Province: Bushehr (Jofreh), Kharg I .

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Diego Garcia, Cargados Carajos, Saya de Malha, Mergui Archipelago, Philippines, Celebes, Indonesia (Java), Singapore, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland); New Zealand.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal to 33 m. Stephensen (1946) and Naderloo & Sari (2007b) recorded the species from shells/gravel substrate in subtidal zone.