Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) sinuspersici Naderloo & Türkay, 2011

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 : 51

Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) sinuspersici Naderloo & Türkay, 2011

Persian Gulf. Iran (Naderloo & Türkay 2011; Naderloo et al. 2011; present study).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Qeshm I. (four stations along the south coast), Moghdan.

General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland).

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. Macrophthalmus sinuspersici has been described by Naderloo & Türkay (2011) from the Persian Gulf. This species belongs to the subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858 , which is subject to be raised to generic level (McLay et al. 2010: Ng, personal communication). Naderloo & Türkay (2011) and Naderloo et al. (2011) refrained to assign this species to Chaenostoma even at subgeneric level, as they believe that more work is needed in order to establish new genera within Macrophthalmus .