Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E177585F-C609-1B23-FF3C-F849FD2DFEB9 |
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Felipe |
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Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860 |
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Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860 View in CoL
Persian Gulf. First Persian Gulf record. Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku).
General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Chagos Archipelago, Gulf of Manaar, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia (Java), Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW).
Remarks. Microprosthema validum is taxonomically a well known species and described in detail by Holthuis (1946: 50–54, Pl. 3, fig. h). The nearest record of this widely distributed species is from Pakistani waters in the northern Arabian Sea (Tirmizi & Kazmi 1979).
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