Zozymodes xanthoides ( Krauss, 1843 )

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

Zozymodes xanthoides ( Krauss, 1843)

Persian Gulf. UAE ( Titgen 1982), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (one station at the south coast), Nabiyu Tonb.

General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Madagascar, Somalia, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. Apel (2001) re-examined the single specimen recorded by Stephensen (1946) and confirmed his identification. We did not see this specimen, but the present specimens (one male and one female) verify the occurrence of the species in the Persian Gulf.