International Journal of Marine Science, 2017, Vol.7, No.27, 272-274
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New Records of Crabs:
Halimede tyche
(Herbst, 1801) (Crustacea: Decapoda)
from Iraqi Coast, Iraq
Khaled Kh. Al-Khafaji
1
, Falah M. Mutlak
2
, Anfas N. Ukash
3
1 Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Iraq
2 Department of Marine invertebrates, Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Iraq
3 Department of Ecology, Collage of Science, University of Basrah, Iraq
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Received: 01 Jun., 2017
Accepted: 23 Jun., 2017
Published: 27 Jun., 2017
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Al-Khafaji K.Kh., Mutlak F.M., and Ukash A.N., 2017, New records of crabs:
Halimede tyche
(Herbst, 1801) (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Iraqi coast, Iraq,
International Journal of Marine Science, 7(27): 272-274 (doi
Abstract
The species of crabs,
Halimede tyche
(Herbst, 1801) are reported from Khor Abudallah south Al-Faw city, NW-Arabian
Gulf, Iraq, during 2016. brachyuran crabs now consist of some species are reported from Iraqi coast. The specimens were collected
from Iraqi coast by trawl net. Morphological measurements of this species are highlighted and a figure is provided. The results found
that it is the first record of this species.
Keywords
New records; Arabian Gulf; Brachyuran;
Halimede tyche
Introduction
Halimede ochtodes
(Herbst, 1783)
is the common species in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the Arabian Gulf,
found in variety of habitats including rocky, cobble, oyster banks, muddy, and mangroves. but it was not found in
the present studied area. The present paper deals with new record for Iraq of
Halimede tyche
(Herbst, 1801) from
Khor Abudallah south Al-Faw city, coast of NW-Arabian Gulf. It is the first report of this species in the Arabian
Gulf.
Gallil (2001) was divided The genus
Halimede
de Haan, 1835 into three species:
H. fragifer
de Haan, 1835,
H.
ochtodes
(Herbst, 1783), and
H. tyche
(Herbst, 1801). A specimens of
H. tyche
were collected for first times from
the coast of east Mediterranean (Gallil, 2001)
.
The present paper focuses on the first report of the brachyuran crabs
Halimede tyche
from NWArabian Gulf, Iraq.
1 Materials and Methods
The specimens of
Halimede tyche
(Figure 1A; Figure 1B) were collected from intertidal and sub tidal area at Khor
Abudallah south Al-Faw city, NW-Arabian Gulf, Iraq by trawl net (Figure 2). Specimens are preserved in 70%
alcohol and deposited in the marine science centre (MBD-MSC) (collection number: 47). The specimen was
identified following Serène (1984), Barnard (1950).
Some main abiotic parameters in the study area by the time of collection were as follows: salinity 37 ppt, water
temperature 12.5°C, pH 7.85.
2 Results and Discussion
2.1 Systematics
Order Decapoda
Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1938
Family GALENIDAE Alcock, 1898
Halimede tyche
(Herbst, 1801)
