Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255517 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E177585F-C60D-1B38-FF3C-FFB1FC92FDCB |
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Felipe |
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Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897 |
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Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897 View in CoL
Persian Gulf. First Persian Gulf record.
Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (Dustku).
General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique, Red Sea, Djibouti, Persian Gulf, Maldives, Lakshadweep, Indonesia, Christmas I., Australia (Great Barrier Reef), Coral Sea Is., Marianas, Marshall Islands, Wake ( Guam), Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Is., Phoenix Is., Tuamotus, Tahiti, Marquesas Is.
Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.
Remarks. This species is easily distinguishable from the three other congeners recorded by the presence of a distinct supracorneal spine. An ovigerous female (SMF 34717) collected by M. Apel from the Saudi Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf was also identified as A. djiboutensis .
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