Table 1 Brachyuran crabs of the family Xanthidae currently recorded from the Persian Gulf. References for every record are provided in the table, precise locality not indicated

Actaea jacquelinae Guinot, 1976

Nobili (1906) as Actaea granulata; Evans et al. (1973) A. savignyi; Titgen (1982) as A. savignyi; Jones (1986) as Actaea savignyi; Apel 2001; Stephensen (1946) as A. savignyi; Apel 2001; Naderloo and Sari 2007; present study

Atergatis integerrimus (Lamark, 1818)

Present study

Atergatis laevigatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1865

Heller (1861) as Atergatis roseus; Stephensen (1946) as Atergatis integerrimus; Apel 2001

Chlorodiella nigra (Forskål, 1775)

Nobili 1906; Stephensen 1946; Evans et al. 1973; Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001; present study

Cyclodius drachi (Guinot, 1964)

Nobili (1906) as Phymodius ungulatus; Stephensen (1946) as P. granulatus; Titgen (1982) as P. granulatus; Apel 2001; Naderloo and Türkay 2012; Naderloo et al. 2013;

Cymo andreossyi (Audouin, 1826)

Nobili 1906; Stephensen (1946) as C. andreossyi var melanodactylus; Apel 2001)

Cymo melanodactylus Dana, 1852

Nobili 1906; Stephensen 1946; Apel 2001; present study

Epiactaea margaritifera (Odhner, 1925)

Alcock (1898) as Actaea nodulosa; Stephensen (1946) as Actaea margaritifera;

Etisus anaglyptus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Stephensen 1946; Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001; present study

Etisus electra (Herbst, 1801)

Nobili 1906; Basson et al. 1977; Titgen (1982) as Etisus frontalis; Apel 2001

Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1840

Alcock 1898; Nobili 1906; Basson et al. 1977; Apel 2001

Gaillardiellus rueppelli (Krauss, 1843)

Alcock 1898; Nobili 1906

Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Nobili 1906; Stephensen 1946; Basson et al. 1977; Titgen 1982; Jones 1986; Hornby 1997; Apel 2001; Naderloo and Türkay 2012; Naderloo et al. 2013

Liagore erythematica Guinot, 1971

Kemp (1923) and Chopra (1935) as Liagore rubromaculata; Stephensen (1946) as Liagore rubromaculatus; Naderloo and Sari 2007a

Macromedaeus crassimanus (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)

Present study

Macromedaeus voeltzkowi (Lenz, 1905)

Naderloo and Türkay 2012

Medaeops neglectus (Balss, 1922)

Naderloo and Türkay 2012

Neoliomera nobilii Odhner, 1925

Apel 2001

Palapedia apeli Naderloo 2015

Naderloo 2015

Palapedia persica Naderloo 2015

Naderloo 2015

Paraxanthodes cumatodes (MacGilchrist, 1905)

MacGilchrist 1905; Guinot 1967

Pilodius spinipes Heller, 1861

Titgen 1982; Apel 2001

Platypodia anaglypta (Heller, 1861)

Alcock 1898; Apel 2001; present study

Psaumis cavipes (Dana, 1852)

Alcock (1898) as Actaea cavipes; Nobili (1906a) as Actaea fossulata; Apel 2001; present study

Xanthias punctatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Apel 2001

Xanthias sinensis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Naderloo and Türkay 2012; Naderloo et al. 2013

Zozymodes cavipes (Dana, 1852)

Present study

Zozymodes xanthoides (Krauss, 1843)

Stephensen 1946; Titgen 1982; Naderloo and Türkay 2012; Naderloo et al. 2013; present study

Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Present study