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.