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New observation of two species, Thalamita admete and Thalamita prymna (Decapoda: Portunidae), from Chabahar Bay (Gulf of Oman)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Maryam Yazdani ,
Mehrshad Taheri ,
Mohammad Saeid Sanjani  and
Jafar Seyfabadi
Maryam Yazdani*
Affiliation:
Iranian National Center for Oceanography, 9 Etemadzadeh Street, PO Box 14155-4781, Fatemi Avenue, Tehran, Iran
Mehrshad Taheri
Affiliation:
Iranian National Center for Oceanography, 9 Etemadzadeh Street, PO Box 14155-4781, Fatemi Avenue, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Saeid Sanjani
Affiliation:
Iranian National Center for Oceanography, 9 Etemadzadeh Street, PO Box 14155-4781, Fatemi Avenue, Tehran, Iran
Jafar Seyfabadi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Maryam Yazdani, Iranian National Center for Oceanography, 9 Etemadzadeh Street, PO Box 14155-4781, Fatemi Avenue, Tehran, Iran email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Specimens of the swimming crabs, Thalamita admete and Thalamita prymna, were collected on intertidal zones of Chabahar Bay (Gulf of Oman) in 2007. A literature review on the distribution of these two species revealed that this is the first report of T. admete from the Gulf of Oman and T. prymna from the Iranian coasts of the Gulf of Oman. A note on the morphological features of these specimens is given in this paper.

Keywords

Portunidaespecies identificationGulf of OmanIran
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e56
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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