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 Macrophthalmus ( Macrophthalmus ) grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 Persian Gulf. Iran (Naderloo et al . 2011). Iran . Hormozgan Province : Bandar-Abbas (east of the city). General distribution. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa , East Africa, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman . Habitat. Muddy-sand intertidal. Remarks. There are several records of M . grandidieri from the Persian Gulf [ Basson et al . (1977) from Saudi Arabia ; Clayton (1986) and Jones (1986) from Kuwait ; Vousden (1987) from Bahrain ] that are misidentified specimens of M . sulcatus (see Apel & Türkay 1999 ; Apel 2001 ; Naderloo et al . 2011). Naderloo et al . (2011) recorded M . grandidieri based on the two juveniles from the Persian Gulf, whereas this species looks to be a common species in the sandy substrate of the seaward fringe of mangroves in Muscat , Gulf of Oman (see Hywel- Davies 1994; Naderloo et al . 2011).