A new species of porcelain crab, Petrolisthes tuerkayi n. sp. (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), from the Persian Gulf.

Short Communication:A subtidal porcellanid crab, Petrolisthes militaris (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), from the Persian Gulf, Iran

Short Communication:A subtidal porcellanid crab, Petrolisthes militaris (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), from the Persian Gulf, Iran

Description of a new species of Petrolisthes in the Indo-West Pacific with a redefinition of P. hastatus Stimpson, 1858 and resurrection of P. inermis (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae)

The porcellanid crab Petrolistheshastatus Stimpson, 1858, has been traditionally viewed as a highly variable species with a wide distribution in the West Pacific. For more than a century there has been taxonomic confusion of this species with morphologically similar taxa, some of which were synonymized with Stimpson's taxon. We redefine Petrolistheshastatus, resurrect Petrolisthesinermis as a v...

The Effect of Sex, Size and Habitat on the Incidence of Puncture Wounds in the Claws of the Porcelain Crab Petrolisthes Cinctipes (anomura: Porcellanidae)

Many porcelain crabs have an unusual claw (cheliped) form that is broad, flat and thin. This seemingly flimsy form suggests claws may be used more for display than for feeding or aggressive interactions. However, in the flat-topped porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes, one of the most abundant intertidal crustaceans on the Pacific coast of North America, we observed a high proportion of indivi...

Study of morphological charachteristic and abundance of larval stages of Polyonyx sp. (Anomura: Porcellanidae) for the first time from Iranian costal of Persian Gulf

Anomura is a group of Malacostraca that constitute important communities of marine intertidal zone and deeper communities of benthic habitats. The larval stages differ among families of Anomura. In this investigation Anomura larval populations were sampled and studied from Iranian coastal waters of Persian Gulf in monthly basis from March to October 2011. Sampling process was conducted using su...