Atlas of crabs of the Persian Gulf

• Main Author: Naderloo, Reza (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, [2017]
• Subjects: Crabs > Persian Gulf > Atlases.; Persian Gulf.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319493749; 9783319493725
• Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, maps

This illustrated atlas describes 256 extant brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Identification keys are provided for 37 brachyuran families, 142 genera and 256 species on the basis of their main synapomorphies. Brief but precise descriptions highlighting the main charac...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword I ; Foreword II ; Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; 1: Introduction; The Persian Gulf; The Gulf of Oman; Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758; History of Brachyuran Research in the Region; Taxonomy; Main Characteristics of the Brachyuran Crabs; About the Atlas; Key to families of the infraorder Brachyura in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; Part I: Section Podotremata Guinot, 1977; 2: Family Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 (Sponge Crabs); Genus Conchoecetes Stimpson, 1858; Conchoecetes artificiosus (Fabricius, 1798) (Figs. 2.1 and 2.9); Genus Cryptodromia Stimpson, 1858.
• Cryptodromia fallax (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812) (Figs. 2.2, 2.8a and 2.9) Cryptodromia hilgendorfi De Man, 1888 (Figs. 2.3, 2.8c and 2.9); Genus Epigodromia McLay, 1993; Epigodromia granulata (Kossmann, 1878) (Figs. 2.4, 2.8e and 2.9); Genus Lauridromia McLay, 1993; Lauridromia dehaani (Rathbun, 1923) (Figs. 2.5, 2.6, 2.8b and 2.9); Genus Lewindromia Guinot and Tavares, 2003; Lewindromia unidentata (Rüppell, 1830) (Figs. 2.7, 2.8d and 2.9); Part II: Section Eubrachyura, Subsection Heterotremata; 3: Family Calappidae De Haan, 1833 (Box Crabs, Shame-Faced Crabs).
• Genus Calappa Weber, 1795 Calappa dumortieri Guinot, 1964 (Figs. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3a and 3.4); Calappa exanthematosa Alcock and Anderson, 1894 (Figs. 3.3d, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6); Calappa guerini Brito Capello, 1871 (Figs. 3.3b, 3.4, 3.7, and 3.8); Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 3.3c, 3.4, 3.9, and 3.10); 4: Family Matutidae De Haan, 1835 (Moon Crabs); Genus Matuta Weber, 1795; Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 (Figs. 4.1, 4.2a, b and 4.3); Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781) (Figs. 4.2c, d, 4.3, and 4.4); 5: Family Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 (Coral Crabs); Genus Carpilius Desmarest, 1823.
• Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775) (Figs. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 8.4a)6: Family Corystidae Samoulle, 1819; Genus Jonas Hombron and Jacquinot, 1846; Jonas indicus (Chopra, 1935) (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2); 7: Family Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 (Porter Crabs); Genus Dorippe Weber, 1795; Dorippe quadridens (Fabricius, 1793) (Figs. 4.2e, 7.1, and 7.2); Genus Dorippoides Serène and Romimohtarto, 1969; Dorippoides nudipes Manning and Holthuis, 1986 (Figs. 4.2f, 7.2, and 7.3); 8: Family Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 (Stone Crabs); Genus Eriphia Latreille, 1817.
• Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838 (Figs. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4b)9: Family Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 (Stone Crabs); Genus Menippe De Haan, 1833; Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798) (Figs. 8.4c, 9.1, and 9.2); 10: Family Oziidae Dana, 1851 (Forceps Crabs); Genus Epixanthus Heller, 1861; Epixanthus corrosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Figs. 10.1, 10.2a, and 10.3); Epixanthus frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Figs. 10.2b, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5); Genus Eupilumnus Kossmann, 1877; Eupilumnus calmani (Balss, 1933) (Figs. 10.3 and 10.6); Genus Lydia Gistel, 1848.