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Issue: Vol. 2305 No. 1: 7 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2305.1.2
Page range: 24–32
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 4

The marsh crab, Sartoriana rokitanskyi (Pretzmann, 1971) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae) from southern Iran

Department of Marine and Fisheries Biology, Hormozgan University, P.O. Box 3995, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Department of Fisheries, Islamic Azad University Bandar Abbas Branch, P.O. Box 79159-1311, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Department of Fisheries, Islamic Azad University Bandar Abbas Branch, P.O. Box 79159-1311, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Crustacea Freshwater crabs Iran Gecarcinucidae Sartoriana taxonomy ecology

Abstract

The marsh crab, Sartoriana rokitanskyi (Pretzmann, 1971) (Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae), is recorded from near a hot spring in Geno, southern Iran. The taxonomy of the species, including differences with the allied S. blanfordi (Alcock, 1909), is discussed. Notes on its ecology are also provided.

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