Littoral hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 2، دوره 9، شماره 2، تیر 2013، صفحه 99-107   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v9i2.34060

نویسندگان

Jafar Seyfabadi^{* 1}؛ M.M. Zamani Jamshidi¹؛ A. Mahvary-Habibabadi²

¹Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University ,P.O. Box 64414-356, Noor, Mazandaran Province, Iran

²Marine Research Station, Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran

چکیده

The hermit crab fauna of the Larak Island was investigated, which revealed seven species representing five genera and two families. The family Diogenidae represents six species namely Areopaguristes perspicax (Nobili, 1906), Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861, Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775), D. tinctor (Forskål, 1775), D. avarus Heller, 1865, D. tirmiziae Siddiqui & McLaughlin, 2003, while the family Coenobitidae represents only one species, Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775). Besides, information on habitat preferences, geographical distribution and the dominant occupied shells has also been covered.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Paguroidea؛ Persian Gulf؛ Diogenidae؛ Intertidal؛ Larak Island