A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Sodhiana Yeo &amp; Ng, 2012 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from southern Iran

SANA SHARIFIAN; EHSAN KAMRANI; SALIM SHARIFIAN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3878.5.7

Issue: Vol. 3878 No. 5: 29 Oct. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-10-29

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.5.7

Page range: 485–490

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**A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Sodhiana Yeo & Ng, 2012
(Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from southern Iran**

SANA SHARIFIAN⁺⁻
EHSAN KAMRANI⁺⁻
SALIM SHARIFIAN⁺⁻

Department of Marine Biology, Hormozgan University, P.O. Box 3995, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of basic Sciences, Hormozgan University, P.O. Box 3995, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Fisheries Division, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University.

Freshwater crab Gecarcinucidae Sodhiana new species taxonomy Iran

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Abstract

A new species of freshwater crab, Sodhiana iranica n. sp. (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), is described from Bastak, Iran. This is fourth species of Sodhiana Yeo & Ng, 2012, described, and is the second one known from Iran. It can be distinguished from congeners by the form of its carapace and the structure of the male first gonopod.