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New record of the rare alien grapsoid crab Percnon affine (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsoidea, Plagusidae) from the northern Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2015

Reza Naderloo  and
Yaser Fatemi
Reza Naderloo
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155-6455 Tehran, Iran
Yaser Fatemi*
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Y. Fatemi, Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A large well-established population of the grapsoid crab Percnon affine (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) was observed in the rocky low-intertidal zone of Chabahar Bay, along the Iranian coasts of the Gulf of Oman. This is the first record of P. affine from the northern Indian Ocean.

Keywords

Gulf of OmanIranian coastsPercnon affinegrapsoid crabs
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e92
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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