Epixanthus frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

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 : 30

Epixanthus frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Apel 2001) Kuwait (Jones 1906a), Qatar ( Al-Khayat & Jones 1999), Iran ( Heller 1861; Stephensen 1946; Apel 2001; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (six stations around the island), Hengam I. ( Stephensen, 1946), Bandar- Abbas (Baghestan), Mahtabi , Bandar-Lengeh , Bandar-Hassineh , Chiruyeh , Moghdan . Bushehr Province: Khalij- Nayband (Haleh), Bandar-Dayyer, Bordekhun-Kohne (Khor-Khan), Chapahn, Bandargah , Bushehr (Jorfeh), Chahak, Bandar-Emam Hassan . Khuzestan Province: Bandar-Emam .

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Somalia, Red Sea, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Guf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India ( Bombay), Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Is., Mergui Archipelago, Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Thailand, China, Japan, Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland).

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. The first record of this species from the Persian Gulf is the one by Heller (1861) from Kharg I. in the Iranian waters as new species, namely Epixanthus kotchii Heller, 1861 . Later, this species has been synonymized with E. frontalis . Epixanthus frontalis is a quite common species in the Persian Gulf, which is found in any stony chores.