Ophionereis dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Fig. 10

Ophiolepis dubia Müller & Troschel, 1842: 94 .

Ophionereis dubia —H. L. Clark 1923: 343 .

Material examined: Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tis, intertidal, hand collected, January 2019, 3 spms, collector Yaser Fatemi [SMNH-178940].

Habitat: Shells, coral gravel, subtidal rock, grass bed and coral reef, 33 m (Mortensen 1940; Clark & Bowen 1949; Price 1981; Price 1983; Jones, 1986; Attaran-Fariman et al. 2014; Present study) (Fig. 2E).

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: Tis (16), Al Juraid Island (22), Tarut Bay (25), Stiffe’s Bank (28), Kuwait (ibid.).

Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Mascarene Basin (Clark and Rowe 1971), South Africa (Clark & Courtman-Stock 1976; Olbers et al. 2019), Somalia (Tortonese 1980), Kenya (Humphreys 1981).