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- Title
Far from the Persian-Arabian Gulf, Ilyograpsus rhizophorae Barnard, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) as a new record of Khur Al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq.
- Authors
Yasser, Amaal Gh.; Naser, Murtada D.; Jabbar, Intisar M. A.
- Abstract
The present study is a part of ongoing project on brachyuran crab diversity of Iraq. The specimens of Ilyograpsus rhizophorae Barnard, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) collected from intertidal zone of Khur Al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq far from the Persian-Arabian Gulf. Khur Al-Zubair is an extension of the Persian-Arabian Gulf waters in the lower reaches of Mesopotamia. The species identified up to species level using standard literature. The species looks similar morphologically to the species which was already identified from the Persian-Arabian Gulf. The present study records significant expansion in the distribution range of this species. The diagnostic characteristics and remarks on the taxonomy and distribution of the species are given in this paper.
- Subjects
IRAQ; FISH diversity; CRABS; INTERTIDAL zonation; DECAPODA; CRUSTACEA
- Publication
EurAsian Journal of Biosciences, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 2, p7645
- ISSN
1307-9867
- Publication type
Article