Manningis arabicum ( Jones & Clayton, 1983 )

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 : 49

Manningis arabicum ( Jones & Clayton, 1983)

Persian Gulf. Iraq ( Ng et al. 2009), Kuwait ( Jones & Clayton 1983; Jones 1906a) Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Apel 1994 a, 1996, 2001), Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1996, 1999), Iran (present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Tiab, Qeshm I. (12 stations around the island), Bandar-Abbas, Bandar- Pohl, Bandar-Khamir . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband, Bandar-Banak, Delvar, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig, Laylatayn. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam.

General distribution. Endemic: North-eastern Persian Gulf including entire coast of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, distributed southward to Saudi Arabia and Gulf of Qatar.

Habitat. Muddy intertidal.

Remarks. The monotypic genus Manningis Al-Khayat & Jones,1996 , was described by Al-Khayat & Jones (1996) from the Persian Gulf based on the type species Paracleistostoma arabicum Jones & Clayton, 1983 . This species is very similar to Serenella leachii (Audouin, 1826) , which has been recorded from the southeastern Persian Gulf in UAE ( Al-Ghais & Cooper 1996; Cooper 1997; Apel 2001) and Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1996). Detailed morphological comparison between the two genera Manningis and Serenella is provided by Ng et al. (2009).