The mud crab Scylla serrata is a highly exploited species, associated to mangrove
ecosystems in the Indo-West-Pacific. It has a complex life cycle with a dispersing larvae …

This illustrated atlas describes 256 extant brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and
the Gulf of Oman. Identification keys are provided for 37 brachyuran families, 144 genera …

Ghost crabs are the largest invertebrates on ocean shores. They are globally abundant on
many sandy beaches from the tropics to temperate latitudes. A defining ecological trait of the …

A total of 150 species belonging to five infraorders (Caridea, Stenopodidea, Thalassinidea,
Anomura and Brachyura) are recorded from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. About …

Qualitative rapid assessments and taxonomic surveys of decapod crustaceans were carried
out along the entire coastline of Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf. Shore morphology and …

Based on recently collected material and records in the literature, 14 species of fiddler crabs
(Crustacea: Ocypodidae: Gelasiminae) are reported from Vietnam. DNA barcoding analyses …

Mangrove forests occur throughout the coastlines of Arabia, one of the most environmentally
extreme regions of their global distribution. The gray mangrove [Avicennia marina (Forsk.) …

Abstract Species diversity of South Asian burrowing frogs within the genus Sphaerotheca is
still obscure because of lack of taxonomic review. Â There are taxonomic issues within the …

Socotra consists of a core of continental basement overlain by a veneer of mainly carbonate
rocks ranging in age from Triassic to Miocene. Plate tectonic reconstructions reveal that prior …

Some juvenile intertidal and subtidal crabs are known to exhibit carapace polymorphism,
crypsis, or disruptive colours which are lost as the crabs mature, ie they undergo ontogenetic …