Ghost shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda, Axiidea) of the Persian Gulf explorer Cruise collection

Abstract

Ghost shrimps are common burrowing decapods in littoral and sublittoral marine environments.
The Persian Gulf explorer Cruise was carried out in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of
Oman in April-May 2019. The sampling of macrobenthos assemblages was done by box corer
from soft substrate. The following five species belonging to four families were identified: Aquaballianassa ehsani (Sepahvand, Tudge & Momtazi, 2018) and Caviallianassa sp. (Callianassidae); Michaelcallianassa persica Sepahvand, Momtazi & Tudge, 2020 (Callichiridae); Andamancalliax sp. (Eucalliacidae); and Gourretia qeshmensis Sepahvand, Rastegar-Pouyani and Momtazi, 2016 (Ctenochelidae). With these new records, 28 species of these borrowing shrimps are known in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.