First Record of Lissocarcinus polybioides Adams & White, 1849 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) for the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf of Oman

Abstract Lissocarcinus polybioides Adams & White, 1849 is a species of swimming crab from the Portunidae family that is known to occur in sub-tidal waters at depths of 2-100 m on muddy/sandy substrate with shells. There it occurs free living, associated with hard corals or associated with sea st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fadi Yaghmour, Brendan Whittington-Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Marine Biodiversity Records
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41200-018-0148-z