Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374 Author Naderloo, Reza Author Türkay, Michael text Zootaxa 2012 2012-07-04 3374 1 1 67 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3374.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3374.1.1 1175­5334 5253502 Tirmizicallichirus masoomi (Tirmizi, 1970) Persian Gulf. Iran ( Sepahvand & Sari 2010 ). Iran . Hormozgan Province : Qeshm I. (east of Fajr Jetty). General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan , India . Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal. Remark. Tirmizi (1970) originally described Callianassa ( Callichirus ) masoomi Tirmizi, 1970 , from the Pakistan waters of western Karachi. Sakai (1999) transferred this species to his newly erected genus Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999 . Sakai (2011) discussed the taxonomic position of this species and mentioned the morphological differences between T . masoomi and type species of the genus Podocalichirus Sakai, 1999, namely Callianassa madagassa Lenz & Richters, 1881 . He assigned T . masoomi in the new genus Tirmizicallichirus Sakai, 2011 .