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 Microprosthema validum Stimpson, 1860 Persian Gulf. First Persian Gulf record. Iran . Hormozgan Province : Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Mauritius , Red Sea, Djibouti , Persian Gulf, Pakistan , Chagos Archipelago, Gulf of Manaar, Peninsular Malaysia , Japan , Indonesia ( Java ), Australia ( Northern Territory , Queensland , NSW). Remarks. Microprosthema validum is taxonomically a well known species and described in detail by Holthuis (1946: 50–54 , Pl. 3, fig. h). The nearest record of this widely distributed species is from Pakistani waters in the northern Arabian Sea (Tirmizi & Kazmi 1979).