A new species of ghost shrimp of the genus Michaelcallianassa Sakai, 2002 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Callichiridae) from subtidal waters of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4810 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-388
Author(s):  
VAHID SEPAHVAND ◽  
FARZANEH MOMTAZI ◽  
CHRISTOPHER TUDGE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Andaman Sea ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Diagnostic Aspects ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

A third species of Michaelcallianassa Sakai, 2002 is described based on two specimens from subtidal waters of the Persian Gulf. Michaelcallianassa persica sp. nov. resembles M. indica Sakai, 2002 from the Andaman Sea, but can be differentiated by possession of six spines on the cutting edge of the large cheliped, a telson with two pairs of lateral movable spines as well as two spines dorsally in the center of the telson and an exopod with a row of spines on the postero-distal margin. The new species compares favorably with congeners M. indica Sakai, 2002 and M. sinica Liu & Liu, 2009 in many diagnostic aspects, including body shape, the relative size and shape of pereopods 2–4, maxilliped 3, and the rostrum. Some limited comparison is made to the related genus Balsscallianassa Sakai, 2011. 

Garra hormuzensis, a new species from the upper Kol River drainage in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-394
Author(s):  
MAZAHER ZAMANI-FARADONBE ◽  
E. ZHANG ◽  
YAZDAN KEIVANY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
River Drainage ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Mtdna Coi ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

Garra hormuzensis, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Iranian part of the Persian Gulf basin by having 7½ branched dorsal-fin rays, usually 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays, the breast, belly and back in front of the dorsal-fin origin covered by scales, and a free lateral and posterior margins of the gular disc. It is further characterised by having a minimum K2P distance of 1.16% to G. mondica in the mtDNA COI barcode region.  

A new species and a new record of alpheid shrimps of the genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4838 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-514
Author(s):  
HOSSEIN ASHRAFI ◽  
ZDENĚK ĎURIŠ ◽  
REZA NADERLOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Benthic Fauna ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
Small Series ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Reddish Orange

Extensive samplings of benthic fauna along the Iranian coastlines of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman during 2018–2019 resulted in a small series of shrimps of the alpheid genus Salmoneus. Based on a thorough examination of this material, as well as previously collected specimens, one new species, S. rashedi n. sp., is described, whilst a significant range extension of S. chadwickae Ďuriš & Horká, 2016 is reported. Salmoneus rashedi n. sp. is a member of S. gracilipes species group. The present new species differs from other species of the group by a longer rostrum with a short dorsal crest and a single ventral rostral tooth; the species occurs in two colour forms from yellow to reddish orange with some transverse red bands. 

On the systematic position of Dino Loman and Toccolus Roewer (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae), with the description of a new species from western Java, Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1932 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANO B. KURY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
General Body ◽  
Se Asia ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Toccolus javanensis sp. nova, is described from a rainforest in Gunung Puncak, western Java, Indonesia. It is the fourth species of the genus, which was hitherto known only from continental SE Asia. It possesses a low ocularium and general body shape strongly resembling Dino weberi Loman from Sumatra. The relationships of Toccolus are discussed and the closely related genus Dino Loman is transferred from Podoctinae (Podoctidae) to Epedaninae (Epedanidae).

Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 (Amphipoda: Ampithoidae) in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4895 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-439
Author(s):  
FARZANEH MOMTAZI ◽  
ABDOLVAHAB MAGHSOUDLOU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
Posterior Tooth ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

A new species of ampithoid amphipod, Pleonexes nargessi, is described from the southern Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The new species is the most similar to P. kava (Myers, 1985), but distinguished by the presence of the posterior tooth and the defining robust seta on the palm of male gnathopod 1, semi prehensile pereopod 5, and non-prehensile pereopods 6–7. Ampithoe qeshmensis Layeghi & Momtazi, 2018 is transferred into Pleonexes. 

Description of a new species of Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from northern Iran, supplementary information on G. deinos (Zeman) and redescription of G. schusteri (Hirschmann)

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1969-1987
Author(s):  
Shahrooz Kazemi ◽  
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij ◽  
Sepideh Saberi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Supplementary Information ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Mazandaran Province ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Qeshm Island ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the laelapid mite genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, G. tuberculatus sp. nov., is described from female specimens collected in soil and rotten leaves under citrus trees in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. Supplementary information on G. deinos (Zeman) is presented. Gaeolaelaps schusteri (Hirschmann) is redescribed based on the type specimens as well as additional specimens collected from the littoral zone of mangrove forests in Qeshm Island, in the eastern part of the Persian Gulf, southern Iran.

Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4711 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-106
Author(s):  
YASER FATEMI ◽  
SABINE STÖHR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Species List ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

Published records on the Ophiuroidea fauna of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman are scattered in difficult to access journals and books. This study presents a compilation of all published records, complemented with data from new samples. Distribution, habitat and depth in the study area, as well as known Indian Ocean distributions, are included. The taxonomic status of all species was evaluated, critical comments were added as applicable, and several previous records were reassigned to other species. Ophiocoma erinaceus was removed from the fauna of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, because the only published record was instead Ophiocoma schoenleinii. Previous studies assumed that 46 species of brittle star were known from the study area, but only 38 species were confirmed by this re-assessment, including two new records (Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata and Ophiocomella sexradia). Diagnostic features are supplied for difficult to distinguish species. Five species (Macrophiothrix elongata, Amphiura fasciata, Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) hexactis, Amphioplus echinulatus, and Amphioplus seminudus) are so far worldwide known only from the Persian Gulf area. A hexamerous, fissiparous species of Ophiothela that does not concur with any known species was found and may represent a new species. All newly collected species are illustrated with photographs. 

A new species and a new record of Sphaeroma Bosc, 1802 (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) from intertidal marine habitats of the Persian Gulf

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2631 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY ◽  
JOHANN-WOLFGANG WÄGELE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
New Record ◽  
Marine Habitats ◽  
Strait Of Hormuz ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
A New Species

Two species of Sphaeroma (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda) from the Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf were studied and described. Sphaeroma khalijfarsi sp. nov. is described from the intertidal zone of the Strait of Hormuz. This species is distinguished by the smooth pereonites; pleon without prominent tubercles and bearing some scattered small tubercles; pleotelson with numerous scattered small tubercles and well upturned posterior margins. Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing, 1905 is reported from Kish and Qeshm Islands and from the southern coasts of Iran. Among the non-Indian Ocean species, Sphaeroma intermedium Baker, 1926 is transferred to genus Lekanesphera Verhoeff, 1943.

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