Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818

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 : 45

Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia [ Basson et al. (1977) as Grapsus tenuicrustatus ; Apel (2001)], UAE ( Titgen 1982; Apel 2001), Iran [ Stephensen (1946) as Grapsus maculatus subsp. tenuicrustatus ; Pretzmann (1971) as Grapsus tenuicrustatus ; Naderloo 2011; present study].

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (15 stations around the island), Baghestan (Bandar-Abbas), Bandar- Lengeh, Chiruyeh.

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius, Somalia, Socotra, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India ( Bombay), Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Mergui Archipelago, China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Cocos-Keeling Is., Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Hawaiian Is.

Habitat. Rocky intertidal.

Remarks. Grapsus albolineatus has been referred to Lamarck (1818) as first author, but recently Ng et al. (2008) noted that the correct authority should be Latreille in Milbert (1812). Holthuis (1977) discussed the validity of its name in detail and Naderloo (2011) redescribed the species based on the fresh material from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.