An annotated check list of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman with five new records and an identification key to the North Indian Ocean genera

Abstract

The present work reports on a new collection of hermit crabs from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Five new records are presented here belonging to the family Diogenidae namely Calcinus latens (Randall, 1840), Clibanarius longitarsus (De Haan, 1849), Diogenes fasciatus Rahayu & Forest, 1995, Diogenes klaasi Rahayu & Forest, 1995, and Diogenes tirmiziae Siddiqui & McLaughlin, 2003. An updated check list of the hermit crabs known to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman is presented including an identification key to currently known genera in the North Indian Ocean. © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.