Ryphila cancellus (Herbst, 1783)

Naderloo, Reza & Türkay, Michael, 2012, Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374, Zootaxa 3374 (1), pp. 1-67 : 32-33

Ryphila cancellus (Herbst, 1783)

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Basson et al. 1977; Galil 2009), UAE ( Hornby 1997; Apel 2001), Iran ( Stephensen 1946; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (four stations along the south coast), Bostano, Moghdan (Parsian) . Bushehr Province: Kabgan, Ghaleh-Heydar.

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, southern Oman ( Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, Mergui Archipelago, Malay Archipelago, Burma, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, Australia ( Western Australia).

Habitat. Sandy beach.

Remarks. Ryphila cancellus is the type species of the recently introduced genus Ryphila Galil, 2009 . This species is the commonest one of the family along the Iranian coast occurring on the low-intertidal sandy beaches.