Checklist of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman with new record of Endeis biseriata (Böhm, 1879) for the region

Rudá Amorim Lucena,Martin Lindsey Christoffersen,Yaser Fatemi

doi:10.3906/zoo-1806-1

Abstract

This is the first record of a pycnogonid for the Iranian coast. It is also the first record of an Endeis, and of Endeis biseriata, for the waters of the Gulf of Oman. A single specimen was collected in an algal bed of Padina sp., along Chabahar Bay, in February 2017. It is deposited in the Zoology Museum of the University of Hormozgan. E. biseriata is probably a native Indo-Pacific species that now has a wide world distribution, being probably pantropical. Morphological and ecological notes, as well as the distribution range of E. biseriata and a checklist of the species of Pycnogonida from the region, are also provided.

Highlights

This is the first record of a pycnogonid for the Iranian coast
The Gulf of Oman is located between the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
In the eastern part it is limited from Ras Jiwani, on the border of Iran and Pakistan, to Ras al-Hadd, on the Oman coast

Summary

Introduction

This is the first record of a pycnogonid for the Iranian coast. It is the first record of an Endeis, and of Endeis biseriata, for the waters of the Gulf of Oman. This is the first record of an Endeis pycnogonid, E. biseriata, from Iran, in the Gulf of Oman. During a study on the biodiversity of the Iranian coastal waters of the Gulf of Oman, a specimen of Pycnogonida was collected at low tide along Chabahar Bay in February 2017.

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