New records and distribution extension of Nassarius persicus (Martens, 1874) and N. tadjallii Moolenbeek, 2007 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nassariidae)  to India

We report new findings of live specimens of Nassarius persicus (Martens, 1874) and N. tadjallii Moolenbeek, 2007, extending their range to the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. The known distribution of both species was limited: N. persicus was distributed in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Karachi in Pakistan; N. tadjallii was reported from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. We also provide comprehensive taxonomic descriptions of both species, along with additional morphological and ecological information.

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New Records and Distribution Extension of Nassarius persicus (Martens, 1874) and N. tadjallii Moolenbeek, 2007 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nassariidae) to India

10.20944/preprints202010.0636.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sayali Nerurkar ◽

Deepak Apte

Keyword(s):

Persian Gulf ◽

New Records ◽

Gulf Of Oman ◽

Gulf Of Kachchh ◽

Ecological Information ◽

Taxonomic Descriptions ◽

New Findings ◽

The Persian Gulf

We report new findings of live specimens of Nassarius persicus (Martens, 1874) and N. tadjallii Moolenbeek, 2007, extending their range to the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. The known distribution of both species was limited: N. persicus was distributed in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Karachi, Pakistan; N. tadjallii was reported from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. We also provide comprehensive taxonomic descriptions of both species, along with additional morphological and ecological information.

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An updated checklist of caridean shrimps of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4747 (3) ◽

pp. 521-534

Author(s):

HOSSEIN ASHRAFI ◽

AMIR DEHGHANI ◽

ALIREZA SARI ◽

REZA NADERLOO

Keyword(s):

Persian Gulf ◽

New Records ◽

Zoological Museum ◽

Actual Number ◽

Seagrass Bed ◽

Gulf Of Oman ◽

Species Complexes ◽

Shallow Subtidal ◽

The Persian Gulf ◽

The University

The material of the present checklist has been collected from the Iranian intertidal and shallow subtidal shores of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman from 2015 to 2019, in addition to re-examining all the materials deposited in the Zoological Museum of the University of Tehran. This checklist providing 16 new records for the Persian Gulf and 15 for the Gulf of Oman raised the number of recorded caridean shrimps to 109 and 49 for these gulfs, respectively. However, the actual number of these shrimps are higher than these numbers due to two facts. Firstly, most of the subtidal diverse ecosystems, e.g. coral reefs and seagrass bed have not been seriously investigated taxonomically. Secondly, there are some members of species complexes and probably some new species in the study which need to be carefully treated.

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Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4711 (1) ◽

pp. 77-106

Author(s):

YASER FATEMI ◽

SABINE STÖHR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

New Records ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Species List ◽

Gulf Of Oman ◽

The Persian Gulf ◽

A New Species

Published records on the Ophiuroidea fauna of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman are scattered in difficult to access journals and books. This study presents a compilation of all published records, complemented with data from new samples. Distribution, habitat and depth in the study area, as well as known Indian Ocean distributions, are included. The taxonomic status of all species was evaluated, critical comments were added as applicable, and several previous records were reassigned to other species. Ophiocoma erinaceus was removed from the fauna of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, because the only published record was instead Ophiocoma schoenleinii. Previous studies assumed that 46 species of brittle star were known from the study area, but only 38 species were confirmed by this re-assessment, including two new records (Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata and Ophiocomella sexradia). Diagnostic features are supplied for difficult to distinguish species. Five species (Macrophiothrix elongata, Amphiura fasciata, Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) hexactis, Amphioplus echinulatus, and Amphioplus seminudus) are so far worldwide known only from the Persian Gulf area. A hexamerous, fissiparous species of Ophiothela that does not concur with any known species was found and may represent a new species. All newly collected species are illustrated with photographs.

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Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, including description of two new species and 11 new records

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4244 (1) ◽

pp. 91 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

ALIEH BONYADI-NAEINI ◽

NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI ◽

ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI ◽

CHRISTOPHER J. GLASBY ◽

HASSAN RAHIMIAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

Species Complex ◽

New Records ◽

Water Bodies ◽

Intertidal Zones ◽

Gulf Of Oman ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Persian Gulf ◽

Neanthes Glandicincta

Currently, only 31 nereidid species are known from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The present study was carried out in order to investigate the poorly known diversity of nereidid polychaetes from seas of the southern coasts of Iran. Specimens were collected from 23 locations along the intertidal zones of the two water bodies. Among the 26 species found: two are new, and are described here, including Simplisetia qeshmensis sp. nov. and Neanthes biparagnatha sp. nov.; 11 are new geographical records. Neanthes biparagnatha sp. nov. is most similar to N. deplanata (Mohammed, 1971), which is also found in the Persian Gulf, but can be most easily distinguished from it by the presence of bars in addition to cones in Area IV of the pharynx. Simplisetia qeshmensis sp. nov. may be distinguished from its closest congener, S. erythraeensis (Fauvel, 1918), also reported from the Persian Gulf, by having a greater number of paragnaths in Area I of the pharynx, an additional type of chaeta (homogomph spinigers) in the ventral neuropodial fascicle and having a reduced notopodial lobe in posterior chaetigers. The list of new records includes: one species from both areas, Neanthes glandicincta (Southern, 1921); eight species from the Persian Gulf, Leonnates decipiens Fauvel, 1929, Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868), Neanthes sp., Neanthes sp. cf. N. acuminata, Nereis sp. cf. N. pelagica Linnaeus, 1758, Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840) species complex., Pseudonereis trimaculata (Horst, 1924), Pseudonereis sp. cf. P. variegata (Grube, 1857) and two from the Gulf of Oman, Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 and Perinereis kuwaitensis Mohammed, 1970. The present study brings to 40 the number of nereidid species currently known from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. A taxonomic key to nereidid species from the intertidal zones of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman is presented to facilitate future investigations.

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