Two squat lobster species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Persian Gulf, with description of a new species of Raymunida Macpherson &amp; Machordom, 2000

MASAYUKI OSAWA; MOHSEN SAFAIE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.3.4

Issue: Vol. 3861 No. 3: 15 Sept. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-09-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.3.4

Page range: 265–274

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**Two squat lobster species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Persian Gulf, with description of a new species of Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000**

MASAYUKI OSAWA⁺⁻
MOHSEN SAFAIE⁺⁻

Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan.

Fisheries Department, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, PO Box:3995, Iran.

Crustacea Decapoda Raymunida new species squat lobster Persian Gulf Iran

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Abstract

Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902 and Raymunida iranica n. sp., are reported from the Iranian coast as the first records of squat lobster species from the Persian Gulf. The new species morphologically resembles R. cagnetei Macpherson & Machordom, 2000, but is unique in the genus in having a small spine near the base of each supraocular spine and a spine ventral to the second branchial marginal spine of the carapace.