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Issue: Vol. 5476 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.19
Page range: 207-229
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Two new species and a new record of infaunal crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae and Varunidae) from Oman and Saudi Arabia

Division of Invertebrates; Florida Museum of Natural History; 1659 Museum Rd; Gainesville; FL 32611; USA; University of Guam; Guam EPSCoR; 303 University Drive; Mangilao; 96923; Guam; USA
Red Sea Research Center; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal; Saudi Arabia; Universidade Federal de Pelotas; Departamento de Ecologia; Zoologia e Genética; Instituto de Biologia; Campus Universitário Capão do Leão; RS; 96010-610; Brazil
Tropical Biosphere Research Center; Iriomote Station; University of the Ryukyus; 870 Uehara; Taketomi; Okinawa 907-1541; Japan
Crustacea Brachyura Pinnotheridae Indopinnixa Varunidae Gopkittisak Brankocleistostoma new species infauna Indian Ocean Gulf of Oman Red Sea

Abstract

Recent surveys of shallow subtidal soft-bottom habitats of Oman and the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia have uncovered several crabs new to science. Stemming from these efforts, two crab species are herein described as new to science. The first is a new pinnotherid crab, Indopinnixa arabica n. sp., from northern Oman. The other is a new species of varunid crab, Gopkittisak ngankeeae n. sp., from northern, eastern and southern Oman. Additionally, the first known males of another varunid crab, Brankocleistostoma fossulum (Barnard, 1955), are described and illustrated based on material from eastern Oman and southern Saudi Arabia, also representing a new record of the species for the Arabian region.

 

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