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Resources

Books

Al-Yamani, F., Bishop, J., Ramadan, E., Al-Husaini, and Al-Gagban, A. (2004). Oceanographic Atlas of Kuwait's Waters. Kuwait institute for scientific research, 4 films printing, Kuwait.
Basson, P.W., Burchard Jr, J.E., Hardy, J.T., and Price, A.R. (1977). Biotopes of the Western Arabian Gulf; marine life and environments of Saudi Arabia. Aramco Department of Loss Prevention and Environmental Affairs. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Bliss, D.E. (1990). Shrimps, lobsters and crabs. Columbia University Press. USA.
Clayton, D and Pilcher, C.W.T. (Eds). 1983. Kuwait's Natural History; An Introduction. Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait.
Clayton, D. and Wells, K. 1987. Discovering Kuwait's Wildlife. Kuwait.
Johanson, P.T. (1980). Histology of the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, a model for the Decapoda, Prager publishers. New York. USA.
Jones, D.A. (1986a). A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf. University of Kuwait by Blandford Press. UK.
Khan, N.Y., Munawar, M., and Price, A.R.G. (Eds). 2002. The Gulf Ecosystem; Health and Sustainability. Ecovision world Monograph Series. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Sheppard, C., Price, A., and Roberts, C. (1992). Marine ecology of the Arabian region: patterns and processes in extreme tropical environments. Academic Press. London. United Kingdom.
Naderloo, R. 2017. Atlas of crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer International Publishing. Cham, Switzerland.
Warner, G.F. (1977). The biology of crabs. The Gresham Press, Old Working, Surrey.
Weis, J. S. (2012). Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs. Cornell University Press. USA.

Crabs of the Region in Literatures

Abdul-Salam, J. and Sreelatha, B.S. 2000. Surface morphology of Probolocoryphe uca (Sarkisian, 1957) (Digenea: Microphallidae) from Kuwait Bay. Systematic Parasitology, 46, 209–214
Afkhami, M., Schubart, C.D., and Naderloo, R. 2016. Morphometric differentiation among populations of Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)(Brachyura, Xanthidae) from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Crustaceana, 89, 259-271.
Al Bakri, D., Behbehani, M., and Khuraibet, A. 1997. Quantitative assessment of the intertidal environment of Kuwait I: integrated environmental classification. Journal of environmental management, 51, 321-332.
Al Bakri, D., Khuraibet, A., and Behbehani, M. 1997. Quantitative assessment of the intertidal environment of Kuwait II: Controlling factors. Journal of environmental management, 51, 333-341.
Al-Attar, M.H., and Ikenoue, H. 1974. Spawning season of shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus in the sea along the coast of Kuwait. Technical report MAB VII.74. Mariculture and Fisheries Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Kuwait.
Al-Mohanna, S.Y. and Subrahmanyam, M.N.V 2001. Flux of heavy metal accumulation in various organs of the intertidal marine blue crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.) from the Kuwait coast after the Gulf War. Environment International, 27, 321-326.
Al-Rumaidh, M.J. 2002. Investigations on the biology and population dynamics of the edible swimming crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Bahrain Waters. PhD thesis, University of Wales Bangor. United Kingdom.
Al-Wazzan, Z.A. 2012. Distribution, population structure, and Intertidal bait fishery of the xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus (Brachyura: Xanthidae) in Kuwait’s rocky shores. Msc. thesis. Bangor University, UK.
Al-Wazzan, Z., 2017. The biology and ecology of the rocky shore crab Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) on the coast of Kuwait. Ph.D. thesis, Bangor University.
Al-Wazzan, Z., Gimenez, L., Le Vay, L. and Behbehani M. 2015. Hatching Rhythm, Larval Release of the Rocky Intertidal Crab Leptoduis exaratus (Brachyura: Xanthidae), in Kuwait, Arabian Gulf. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology Transactions on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3(1). (conference proceeding)
Al-Wazzan, Z., Giménez, L., Behbehani, M., Le Vay, L. 2019. Trophic niche separation in sympatric rocky shore crabs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK, 99, 1171-1180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315419000134
Al-Wazzan, Z., Giménez, L., Behbehani, M., Le Vay, L. 2020. Intertidal bait gleaning on rocky shores in Kuwait, Ocean and Coastal Management, 188, 105111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105111.
Al-Wazzan, Z., Le Vay, L., Behbehani, M., Giménez, L. 2018. Hatching rhythm and larval release in Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from rocky shores in Kuwait. Journal of Crustactacean Biology, 38, 804–811, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy08
Al-Wazzan, Z., Le Vay, L., Behbehani, M., Giménez, L. 2020. Scale-dependent spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and population structure of the xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus on rocky shores in Kuwait. . Regional Studies in Marine Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101325.
Al-Zaidan A.S.Y., Kennedy H., Jones D.A., Al-Mohanna S.Y. 2006. Role of microbial mats in Sulaibikhat Bay (Kuwait) mudflat food webs: Evidence from δ13C analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 308, 27–36
Badawi, H.K. 1975. On maturation and spawning in some penaeid prawns of the Arabian Gulf. Marine Biolog, 32, 1-6.
Bu-Olayan, A.H. and Subrahmanyam, M.N.V. 1998. Trace Metal Concentrations in the Crab Macrophthalmus Depressus and Sediments on the Kuwait Coast. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 53, 297–304.
Calado, R., Caldwell, R.L., Chiba, S., Clark, F., Elofsson, R., Franklin, A.M., Karapanagiotidis, I.T., Lombardo, B., McClure, M.R., Moriyasu, M., Naderloo, R., Nagaraju, G.P., and Poore., G.C.B. 2017. Crustacean Biology. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37, 518.
Clayton, D.A. 1988. Hood construction as a spacing mechanism in Cleistostoma kuwaitense (Crustacea: Ocypodidae). Marine Biology, 99, 57-61.
Clayton, D.A. 1996. Ghost Crabs of Oman ( Crustacea : Brachyura :Ocypodidae).Sultan Qaboos University Journal of Science, 1, 27-35.
Clayton, D.A. 2001. Acoustic calling in four species of ghost crabs: Ocypode jousseaumei, o. Platytarsus, o. Rotundata and o. Saratan (Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Bioacoustics, The International Journal of Animal Sound and its Recording, 12, 37-55.
Clayton, D.A. 2005. Substrate (acoustic/vibrational) communication and ecology of the ghost crab Ocypode jousseaumei (Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 38, 53–70.
Clayton, D.A. 2008. Singing and dancing in the Ghost crab Ocypode platytarsus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae). Journal of Natural History, 42, 141-155.
Clayton, D.A. 1986. Ecology of mudflats with particular reference to those of the north Arabian Gulf. In Halwagy, R., Clayton, D.A., and Behbehani, M.(eds.) Marine environment and pollution, Proceedings of the First Arabian Gulf Conference On Environment and Pollution. Kuwait University, Faculty of Science. Kuwait.
Ebrahimnezhad, S. and Naderloo, R. 2019. Quantitative analyses of decapod crustaceans at a rocky intertidal shore in the Gulf of Oman, Iran: diversity, zonation and monsoonal fluctuations. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99, 445-459.
Ehsan, K., Abdul Nabi, S., and Maziar, Y. 2010. Stock Assessment and Reproductive Biology of the Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus pelagicus in Bandar Abbas Coastal Waters, Northern Persian Gulf. Journal of the Persian Gulf. Marine Science, 1, 11-22
Ghotbeddin, N. and Naderloo, R. 2014. Confirming of the occurrence of three intertidal xanthid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) in the Gulf of Oman. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7, e98.
Giraldes, B.W., Al-Maslamani, I. , Al-Ashwel, A., Chatting, M. and Smyth, D. 2016. Basic assessment of Portunus segnis (Forskal, 1775) – A baseline for stock management in the Western Arabian Gulf. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 42, 111-119.
Giraldes, B.W., Al-Maslamani, I. , and Smyth, D. 2017. A new species of leucosiid crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae) from the Arabian Gulf. Zootaxa, 4250, 389-395.
Hassan, M.A. 2002. Reproductive biology of the tiger shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in Kuwait, Arabian Gulf. Msc thesis. Kuwait University. Kuwait.
Hogarth, P.J. (1994). Brachyuran crabs (Xanthoidea: Xanthidae, Pilumnidae, Menippidae and Trapeziidae) of southern Oman. Tropical Zoology, 7, 93-108.
Hornby, R. 1997. A survey of the habitats, invertebrate fauna and environmental sensitivity of the mainland coast of the UAE, with information on status and distribution of Crustaceans. TRIBULUS, Bulletin of the Emirates Natural History Group, 7, 11-17.
Hosseini, S.H. 2009. The intertidal decapods of Bushehr, northern part of the Persian Gulf. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 8, 37-46.
Jones, D.A. 1986. Ecology of the rocky and sandy shores of Kuwait. In Halwagy, R, Clayton, D.A., and Behbehani, M.(eds.) Marine environment and pollution, Proceedings of the First Arabian Gulf Conference On Environment and Pollution. Kuwait University, Faculty of Science. Kuwait.
Jones, D.A. and Clayton, D. 1983. The systematics and ecology of crabs belonging to the genera Cleistostoma DeHaan and Paracleistostoma DeMan on Kuwait mudflats. Crustaceana, 45, 183-19.
Jones, D.A., Price, A.R.G. Al-Yamani, F., and Al-Zaidan, A. 2002. Coastal and marine ecosystem. In Khan, N.Y., Munawar, M., and Price, A.R.G. (Eds). The Gulf Ecosystem; Health and Sustainability, pp 65-103. Ecovision world Monograph Series. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Khan, M.A. and Mustaqeem, J. 2013. Carapace Width Weight Relationships of Mud Crab Scylla Serrata (Forskal , 1775) From Karachi Coast. Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 7, 2381-2386.
Khvorov, S.A., Al-Sinawi, M.N., Al-Kharusi, L.H., and Al-Mosharfi, M.N. 2012. Catalogue of brachyuran crabs (Decapoda) of the Sultanate of Oman: Part I. The Arabian Sea coast (Dhofar, Al-Wusta, southern part of Sharqiya). Crustaceana, 85, 1735-1744.
Le Vay, L. and Falamarzi, M., (2009). Population Biology and Inshore Fishery assessment for the blue swimming crag, Portunus pelagicus. Technical report prepared for the Fisheries Department, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture. Doha, State of Qatar.
Lee, S., Mendoza, J.C.E., Ng, P.K., and Kim, W. 2013. On the identity of the indo-west pacific littoral xanthid crab, Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)(Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 61, 189–204.
Madhavan, A., Silvester, R., Prabhakaran, M.P., Naderloo, R., Radhakrishnana, C.K., and Menon, N.R. 2019. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 33, 100910.
Malan, D.E. 1988. The effects of Qatar Light crude oil on the saltmarsh crab Sesarma caienata and its implications in the field: toxicity to adults and larvae. South African Journal of Marine Science, 7, 37-44.
Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, R.K., Mohanty, S.K., and Dey, S.K. 2010. Carapace width and weight relationships, condition factor, relative condition factor and gonado-somatic index (GSI) of mud crabs (Scylla spp.) from Chilik Lagoon, India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 39, 120-127.
Mokhtari, M., Savari, A., Rezai, H., Kochanian, P., and Bitaab, A. 2008. Population ecology of fiddler crab, Uca lactea annulipes (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in Sirik mangrove estuary, Iran. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76, 273-281.
Naderloo, R,. 2015. A new species of decorator crabs, genus Menaethiops Alcock, 1895 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialthidae), from Abu-Musa Island, Persian Gulf, Iran. Zootaxa, 3925, 431-437
Naderloo, R. 2013. The sentinel crabs of the genus Chaenostoma (Stimpson, 1858) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae), with description of a new species and new records. Journal of natural history, 47, 2835-2848.
Naderloo, R. 2014. Invasive Hepu mitten crab, Eriocheir hepuensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) from the Iranian marshland in the northern Persian Gulf estuarine system. Biodiversity Records, 7, e23.
Naderloo, R. 2015. Two new species of Palapedia Ng, 1993 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) from the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa, 3994, 265-274.
Naderloo, R. and Fatemi, Y. 2015. New record of the rare alien grapsoid crab Percnon affine (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsoidea, Plagusidae) from the northern Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e92
Naderloo, R. and Sari, A. 2005. Iranian subtidal leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Deacapoda: Brachyura) of the Persian Gulf: Taxonomy and zoogeography. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 1, 29-44.
Naderloo, R. and Sari, A. 2007. New record of Hyastenus inermis (Rathbun, 1911)(Brachyura, Majidae) from the Persian Gulf, Iran. Crustaceana, 80, 1261-1264.
Naderloo, R. and Sari, A. 2007. Subtidal crabs of the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: new collections and biogeographic considerations. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 10, 341-349
Naderloo, R. and Schubart, C.D. 2009. Redescription and mitochondrial identification of Chiromantes boulengeri (Calman, 1920)(Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) based on fresh material from the Persian Gulf, Iran. Zootaxa, 2128, 61-68.
Naderloo, R. and Schubart, C.D. 2010. Description of a new species of Parasesarma (Crustacea; Decapoda; Brachyura; Sesarmidae) from the Persian Gulf, based on morphological and genetic characteristics. Zoologischer Anzeiger-A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 249, 33-43.
Naderloo, R. and Tuerkay, M. 2012. Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: faunistics, biodiversity and zoogeography. Zootaxa, 3374, 1-67.
Naderloo, R. and Tuerkay, M. 2015. On a new species of decorator crabs of the genus Paratymolus Miers, 1879 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Inachidae) from the Persian Gulf. Tropical zoology, 28, 66-70.
Naderloo, R. and Türkay, M. 2009. A new species of the genus Nanosesarma (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), and redescription of Nanosesarma jousseaumei (Nobili,1906), including new records from the Persian Gulf. Journal of Natural History, 43, 2911-2923.
Naderloo, R. and Türkay, M. 2011. A new species of the Macrophthalmus boscii-group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from the Persian Gulf with designation of a Neotype for M. boscii Audouin (1826). Marine Biodiversity, 41, 503-515.
Naderloo, R. and Türkay, M. 2012. Decapod crustaceans of littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats along the eastern (Iranian) coast of the Persian Gulf: faunistics, biodiversity and zoogeography. Zootaxa, 3374, 1-67.
Naderloo, R., Ebrahimnejad, S., Dustali, A., and Mahdian, M. 2016. Five crabs of the families Xanthidae and Pilumnidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Abu-Musa Island, Iran; new records for the Persian Gulf. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9, 19.
Naderloo, R., Ebrahimnezhad, S., and Sari, A. 2015. Annotated checklist of the decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman, northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4028, 397-412.
Naderloo, R., Moradmand, M., Sari, A.and Türkay, M. 2012. An annotated check list of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman with five new records and an identification key to the North Indian Ocean genera. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 8, 63-70.
Naderloo, R., Schubart, C.D., and Shih, H.T. 2016. Genetic and morphological separation of Uca occidentalis, a new East African fiddler crab species, from Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edward, 1837)(Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger-A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 262, 10-19.
Naderloo, R., Türkay, M., and Chen, H.L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the wide-front fiddler crabs of the Uca lactea group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 2500, 1-38.
Naderloo, R., Türkay, M., and Sari, A. 2013. Intertidal habitats and decapod (Crustacea) diversity of Qeshm Island, a biodiversity hotspot within the Persian Gulf. Marine biodiversity, 43, 445-462
Neumann, V. and Piridonov, V.A. 1999. Shallow water crabs from the Western Indian Ocean: Portunoidea and Xanthoidea excluding Pilumnidae (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura). Tropical Zoology, 12, 9-66.
Parvizi, E., Keikhosravi, A., Naderloo, R., Solhjouy‐Fard, S., Sheibak, F., and Schubart, C.D. 2019. Phylogeography of Potamon ibericum (Brachyura: Potamidae) identifies Quaternary glacial refugia within the Caucasus biodiversity hot spot. Ecology and evolution, 9, 4749-4759.
Rezaie-Atagholipour, M., Naderloo, R., Kamrani, E., and Savari, R. 2013. Preliminary biological information of Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775)(Brachyura, Portunidae) in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: a conservation priority. Crustaceana, 86, 322-335.
Sattari, Z.M.H. 2011. Biological characterises and ecological aspects of the ocypoid crab Leptochryseus kuwaitiansis in intertidal zone of Kuwait. Msc thesis. Kuwait University. Kuwait.
Shih, H.T., Ng, P.K.L., Davie, P.J.F., Schubart, C.D., Türkay, M., Naderloo, R., Jones, D., and Liu, M.Y. 2016. Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. Ruffles Bull. Zoology, 64, 139-175.
Simões, N., Apel, M., and Jones, D.A. 2001. Intertidal habitats and decapod faunal assemblages (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Socotra Island, Republic of Yemen. In Advances in Decapod Crustacean Research (pp. 81-97). Springer Netherlands.
Snowden, R. and Clayton, D. 1995. Aspects of the life history and seasonal ecology of Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock)(Brachyura: Ocypodidae) on a Kuwait mudﬂat. Journal of Kuwait University (science), 22, 84-94.
Snowden, R., Clayton, D., and Al-Taher, E. 1991. Population biology of Ilyoplax stevensi (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) on a Kuwait mudflat. Marine ecology progress series, Oldendor, 71, 219-225.
Snowden, R.J., Clayton, D.A, and Al Taher, E. Y. 1994. Aspects of the ecology of Tylodiplax indica Alcock (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) on a Kuwait mudﬂat. Journal of Kuwait University (science), 21, 219-229.
Tahmazian, A.A. 1998. The impact of beach modifications on the diversity of the brachyuran crabs of the Kuwait City shoreline. MSc thesis, Kuwait University. Kuwait.
Teng, S.J., Shih, H.T., Naderloo, R., and Corbari, L. 2016. A review of the Chaenostoma boscii species-complex (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Crustacean Research, 45, 15-27.
Trivedi, J.N. and Vachhrajani, K.D. 2015. First record of brachyuran crab Leptodius affinis (De Haan, 1835) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) from the western coast of India. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e2 (8 pages).
Ye, Y., Bishop, J.M., Fetta, N., Abdulqader, E., Al-Mohammadi, J., Alsaffar, A.H., and Almatar, S. 2003. Spatial variation in growth of the green tiger prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus) along the coastal waters of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar, ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, 60, 806-817.
Zairion, Wardiatno, Y. and Fahrudin, A. 2015. Sexual maturity, reproductive pattern and spawning female population of the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus (Brachyura: Portunidae) in east Lampung coastal waters, Indonesia. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 8, 596-607.

“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary”

Resources

Al-Yamani, F., Bishop, J., Ramadan, E., Al-Husaini, and Al-Gagban, A. (2004). Oceanographic Atlas of Kuwait's Waters. Kuwait institute for scientific research, 4 films printing, Kuwait.

Basson, P.W., Burchard Jr, J.E., Hardy, J.T., and Price, A.R. (1977). Biotopes of the Western Arabian Gulf; marine life and environments of Saudi Arabia. Aramco Department of Loss Prevention and Environmental Affairs. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Bliss, D.E. (1990). Shrimps, lobsters and crabs. Columbia University Press. USA.

Clayton, D and Pilcher, C.W.T. (Eds). 1983. Kuwait's Natural History; An Introduction. Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait.

Clayton, D. and Wells, K. 1987. Discovering Kuwait's Wildlife. Kuwait.

Johanson, P.T. (1980). Histology of the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, a model for the Decapoda, Prager publishers. New York. USA.

Jones, D.A. (1986a). A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf. University of Kuwait by Blandford Press. UK.

Khan, N.Y., Munawar, M., and Price, A.R.G. (Eds). 2002. The Gulf Ecosystem; Health and Sustainability. Ecovision world Monograph Series. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Sheppard, C., Price, A., and Roberts, C. (1992). Marine ecology of the Arabian region: patterns and processes in extreme tropical environments. Academic Press. London. United Kingdom.

Naderloo, R. 2017. Atlas of crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer International Publishing. Cham, Switzerland.

Warner, G.F. (1977). The biology of crabs. The Gresham Press, Old Working, Surrey.

Weis, J. S. (2012). Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs. Cornell University Press. USA.

Crabs of the Region in Literatures

Abdul-Salam, J. and Sreelatha, B.S. 2000. Surface morphology of Probolocoryphe uca (Sarkisian, 1957) (Digenea: Microphallidae) from Kuwait Bay. Systematic Parasitology, 46, 209–214

Afkhami, M., Schubart, C.D., and Naderloo, R. 2016. Morphometric differentiation among populations of Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)(Brachyura, Xanthidae) from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Crustaceana, 89, 259-271.

Al Bakri, D., Behbehani, M., and Khuraibet, A. 1997. Quantitative assessment of the intertidal environment of Kuwait I: integrated environmental classification. Journal of environmental management, 51, 321-332.

Al Bakri, D., Khuraibet, A., and Behbehani, M. 1997. Quantitative assessment of the intertidal environment of Kuwait II: Controlling factors. Journal of environmental management, 51, 333-341.

Al-Attar, M.H., and Ikenoue, H. 1974. Spawning season of shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus in the sea along the coast of Kuwait. Technical report MAB VII.74. Mariculture and Fisheries Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Kuwait.

Al-Mohanna, S.Y. and Subrahmanyam, M.N.V 2001. Flux of heavy metal accumulation in various organs of the intertidal marine blue crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.) from the Kuwait coast after the Gulf War. Environment International, 27, 321-326.

Al-Rumaidh, M.J. 2002. Investigations on the biology and population dynamics of the edible swimming crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Bahrain Waters. PhD thesis, University of Wales Bangor. United Kingdom.

Al-Wazzan, Z.A. 2012. Distribution, population structure, and Intertidal bait fishery of the xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus (Brachyura: Xanthidae) in Kuwait’s rocky shores. Msc. thesis. Bangor University, UK.

Al-Wazzan, Z., 2017. The biology and ecology of the rocky shore crab Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) on the coast of Kuwait. Ph.D. thesis, Bangor University.

Al-Wazzan, Z., Giménez, L., Behbehani, M., Le Vay, L. 2019. Trophic niche separation in sympatric rocky shore crabs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK, 99, 1171-1180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315419000134

Al-Wazzan, Z., Giménez, L., Behbehani, M., Le Vay, L. 2020. Intertidal bait gleaning on rocky shores in Kuwait, Ocean and Coastal Management, 188, 105111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105111.

Al-Wazzan, Z., Le Vay, L., Behbehani, M., Giménez, L. 2018. Hatching rhythm and larval release in Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from rocky shores in Kuwait. Journal of Crustactacean Biology, 38, 804–811, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy08

Al-Wazzan, Z., Le Vay, L., Behbehani, M., Giménez, L. 2020. Scale-dependent spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and population structure of the xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus on rocky shores in Kuwait. . Regional Studies in Marine Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101325.

Al-Zaidan A.S.Y., Kennedy H., Jones D.A., Al-Mohanna S.Y. 2006. Role of microbial mats in Sulaibikhat Bay (Kuwait) mudflat food webs: Evidence from δ13C analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 308, 27–36

Badawi, H.K. 1975. On maturation and spawning in some penaeid prawns of the Arabian Gulf. Marine Biolog, 32, 1-6.

Bu-Olayan, A.H. and Subrahmanyam, M.N.V. 1998. Trace Metal Concentrations in the Crab Macrophthalmus Depressus and Sediments on the Kuwait Coast. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 53, 297–304.

Calado, R., Caldwell, R.L., Chiba, S., Clark, F., Elofsson, R., Franklin, A.M., Karapanagiotidis, I.T., Lombardo, B., McClure, M.R., Moriyasu, M., Naderloo, R., Nagaraju, G.P., and Poore., G.C.B. 2017. Crustacean Biology. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37, 518.

Clayton, D.A. 1988. Hood construction as a spacing mechanism in Cleistostoma kuwaitense (Crustacea: Ocypodidae). Marine Biology, 99, 57-61.

Clayton, D.A. 1996. Ghost Crabs of Oman ( Crustacea : Brachyura :Ocypodidae).Sultan Qaboos University Journal of Science, 1, 27-35.

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