Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

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 : 52

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Persian Gulf. Iran (Naderloo et al. 2011).

Iran. Hormozgan Province: Bandar-Abbas (east of the city).

General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman.

Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal.

Remarks. There are several records of M. grandidieri from the Persian Gulf [ Basson et al. (1977) from Saudi Arabia; Clayton (1986) and Jones (1986) from Kuwait; Vousden (1987) from Bahrain] that are misidentified specimens of M. sulcatus (see Apel & Türkay 1999; Apel 2001; Naderloo et al. 2011). Naderloo et al. (2011) recorded M. grandidieri based on the two juveniles from the Persian Gulf, whereas this species looks to be a common species in the sandy substrate of the seaward fringe of mangroves in Muscat, Gulf of Oman (see Hywel- Davies 1994; Naderloo et al. 2011).