Alpheus mohammadpouri Dehghani, Sari & Naderloo, 2018

Dehghani, Amir, Sari, Alireza & Naderloo, Reza, 2019, Annotated checklist of the snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran, Zootaxa 4544 (4), pp. 479-504 : 489

Alpheus mohammadpouri Dehghani, Sari & Naderloo, 2018

( Fig. 5 D–E)

Material examined. PG: Holotype, adult male CL 8.3 mm ( ZUTC 6658 ), Qadir Park, Abu-Musa I., 25°53′45′′N 55°02′23′′E, rock crevices, Coll. A. Dehghani, R. Naderloo and A. Sari, 10 May 2016 ; Allotype: adult female CL 9.4 mm, ( ZUTC 6659 ), same data as holotype ; Paratypes: 2 males, 3 females ( ZUTC 6664 ) locality data same as holotype, Coll. A. Dehghani and H. Ashrafi, 10 April 2016 . Paratypes: 4 males, 2 females (CL range 8–9.5 mm) ( ZUTC 6708 ), Siri I., 25°53′48′′N 54°32′21′′E, rocks crevices, Coll. A. Dehghani, A. Sari and S, Ashrafi, 5 Nov. 2016 .

Distribution. Only known from the Abu-Musa I., PG, Iran.

Habitat. All specimens were collected from exposed rocky shores near to high intertidal in deep crevices in the bedrock filled with coarse sand.

Remarks. This species is similar to A. lobidens , and A. australiensis Banner & Banner, 1982 . However, A. mohammadpouri is well differentiated from these species in the color pattern. In females the carapace, abdomen, walking legs and uropods are dark brown with evenly scattered green chromatophores ( Fig. 5E ). While in males, carapace surface is dark brown, abdomen and walking legs are semi-transparent with blue chromatophores ( Fig. 5D ).

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FIGURE 5. Alpheus malleodigitus (Bate, 1888), A. Male (CL. 6.2 mm); B. Female (CL. 6.1 mm), Abu-Musa Island. Alpheus microstylus (Bate, 1888), C. Female (CL. 6 mm), Abu-Musa Island. Alpheus mohammadpouri Dehghani et al. (2018), D. Male (CL. 8.9 mm); E. Female (CL. 9.2 mm), Abu-Musa Island. Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, 1860, F. Male (CL. 5.5 mm), Abu- Musa Island.