Eurycarcinus integrifrons De Man, 1879

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 : 36-37

Eurycarcinus integrifrons De Man, 1879

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Apel 1994b, 1996), UAE ( Al-Ghais & Cooper 1996), Iran [ Stephensen (1946) as Litocheira ( amoyensis Gordon?); Apel (2001); Naderloo & Sari (2007b), present study].

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (six stations along the north coast), Bandar-Khamir . Bushehr Province: Khalij-Nayband (mangroves), Bandar-Banak, mangroves of Mond, Ramleh, Bandar-Rig. Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Mahshahr (mangroves of Majidieh Fishery Jetty), Bandar-Emam.

General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India ( Bombay).

Habitat. Mangroves, muddy intertidal to 32 m.

Remarks. Apel (1994b) was the first who recorded the species from the Persian Gulf. He examined specimens identified as Litocheira ( amoyensis Gordon?) by Stephensen (1946) from the Iranian coast and identified them as E. integrifrons .