Recent marine expeditions to the Abu-Musa Island (in the Persian Gulf) and Gulf of Oman yielded a fi rst record of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes virgatus Paul’son, 1875, that had not been recorded from these water bodies. In both localities, specimens have been collected from rock crevices in the rocky-cobble shores of the low intertidal zone. Records of this species extend its range in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean.
Recent marine expeditions to the Abu-Musa Island (in the Persian Gulf) and Gulf of Oman yielded a fi rst record of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes virgatus Paul’son, 1875, that had not been recorded from these water bodies. In both localities, specimens have been collected from rock crevices in t...
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Genetics and Molecular Biology