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 Alpheus macrodactylus Ortmann, 1890 Persian Gulf . First Persian Gulf record. Iran . Hormozgan Province : Qeshm I. (Dustku). General distribution. Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka , Vietnam , Taiwan , Fiji , Samoa , Tonga . Habitat. Muddy intertidal. Remarks. The single male collected agrees well with the description and illustrations that Banner & Banner (1981: 210–21 , fig. 65a–i) provided for material from Australia .