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First record of Cryptopodia echinosa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) from the Oman Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Seied Mohammad Reza Fatemi
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Tooraj Valinasab
Affiliation:
Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, PO Box 14155-6116, Tehran, Iran
Peter K.L. Ng
Affiliation:
Tropical Marine Science Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Negar Ghotbeddin*
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khouzestan, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Ghotbeddin, Department of Fisheries, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khouzestan, Iran email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A specimen of Cryptopodia echinosa (Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae) was collected from the subtidal area of the northern Oman Sea in 2009. A literature review on the distribution of this species revealed that this is the first record of this species from the Oman Sea. The morphological structures of this species are given in this article.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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