title: A new species of porcelain crab, Petrolisthes tuerkayi n. sp. (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), from the Persian Gulf.
abstract: A new species of porcellanid crab, Petrolisthes tuerkayi n. sp., is described from the Persian Gulf. The new species is closely related to P. rufescens Heller, 1861, but is easily distinguishable by having three or four large spines distally on the posterior margin of the carpus of chelipeds, whereas the posterior margin of the cheliped merus in P. rufescens is unarmed.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155-6455 Tehran, Iran; Email: rnaderloo@khayam.ut.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naderloo
authors.affiliation: Museum Mensch und Natur, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, Maria-Ward-Straße 1b, 80638 München, Germany.; Email: apel@musmn.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Apel
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D019156:Indian Ocean; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity