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Foreword I ; Foreword II ; Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; 1: Introduction; The Persian Gulf; The Gulf of Oman; Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758; History of Brachyuran Research in the Region; Taxonomy; Main Characteristics of the Brachyuran Crabs; About the Atlas; Key to families of the infraorder Brachyura in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; Part I: Section Podotremata Guinot, 1977; 2: Family Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 (Sponge Crabs); Genus Conchoecetes Stimpson, 1858; Conchoecetes artificiosus (Fabricius, 1798) (Figs. 2.1 and 2.9); Genus Cryptodromia Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia fallax (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812) (Figs. 2.2, 2.8a and 2.9) Cryptodromia hilgendorfi De Man, 1888 (Figs. 2.3, 2.8c and 2.9); Genus Epigodromia McLay, 1993; Epigodromia granulata (Kossmann, 1878) (Figs. 2.4, 2.8e and 2.9); Genus Lauridromia McLay, 1993; Lauridromia dehaani (Rathbun, 1923) (Figs. 2.5, 2.6, 2.8b and 2.9); Genus Lewindromia Guinot and Tavares, 2003; Lewindromia unidentata (Rüppell, 1830) (Figs. 2.7, 2.8d and 2.9); Part II: Section Eubrachyura, Subsection Heterotremata; 3: Family Calappidae De Haan, 1833 (Box Crabs, Shame-Faced Crabs)
Genus Calappa Weber, 1795 Calappa dumortieri Guinot, 1964 (Figs. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3a and 3.4); Calappa exanthematosa Alcock and Anderson, 1894 (Figs. 3.3d, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6); Calappa guerini Brito Capello, 1871 (Figs. 3.3b, 3.4, 3.7, and 3.8); Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 3.3c, 3.4, 3.9, and 3.10); 4: Family Matutidae De Haan, 1835 (Moon Crabs); Genus Matuta Weber, 1795; Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 (Figs. 4.1, 4.2a, b and 4.3); Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781) (Figs. 4.2c, d, 4.3, and 4.4); 5: Family Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 (Coral Crabs); Genus Carpilius Desmarest, 1823
Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775) (Figs. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 8.4a)6: Family Corystidae Samoulle, 1819; Genus Jonas Hombron and Jacquinot, 1846; Jonas indicus (Chopra, 1935) (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2); 7: Family Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 (Porter Crabs); Genus Dorippe Weber, 1795; Dorippe quadridens (Fabricius, 1793) (Figs. 4.2e, 7.1, and 7.2); Genus Dorippoides Serène and Romimohtarto, 1969; Dorippoides nudipes Manning and Holthuis, 1986 (Figs. 4.2f, 7.2, and 7.3); 8: Family Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 (Stone Crabs); Genus Eriphia Latreille, 1817
Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838 (Figs. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4b)9: Family Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 (Stone Crabs); Genus Menippe De Haan, 1833; Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798) (Figs. 8.4c, 9.1, and 9.2); 10: Family Oziidae Dana, 1851 (Forceps Crabs); Genus Epixanthus Heller, 1861; Epixanthus corrosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Figs. 10.1, 10.2a, and 10.3); Epixanthus frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Figs. 10.2b, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5); Genus Eupilumnus Kossmann, 1877; Eupilumnus calmani (Balss, 1933) (Figs. 10.3 and 10.6); Genus Lydia Gistel, 1848
Cryptodromia fallax (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812) (Figs. 2.2, 2.8a and 2.9) Cryptodromia hilgendorfi De Man, 1888 (Figs. 2.3, 2.8c and 2.9); Genus Epigodromia McLay, 1993; Epigodromia granulata (Kossmann, 1878) (Figs. 2.4, 2.8e and 2.9); Genus Lauridromia McLay, 1993; Lauridromia dehaani (Rathbun, 1923) (Figs. 2.5, 2.6, 2.8b and 2.9); Genus Lewindromia Guinot and Tavares, 2003; Lewindromia unidentata (Rüppell, 1830) (Figs. 2.7, 2.8d and 2.9); Part II: Section Eubrachyura, Subsection Heterotremata; 3: Family Calappidae De Haan, 1833 (Box Crabs, Shame-Faced Crabs)
Genus Calappa Weber, 1795 Calappa dumortieri Guinot, 1964 (Figs. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3a and 3.4); Calappa exanthematosa Alcock and Anderson, 1894 (Figs. 3.3d, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6); Calappa guerini Brito Capello, 1871 (Figs. 3.3b, 3.4, 3.7, and 3.8); Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 3.3c, 3.4, 3.9, and 3.10); 4: Family Matutidae De Haan, 1835 (Moon Crabs); Genus Matuta Weber, 1795; Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 (Figs. 4.1, 4.2a, b and 4.3); Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781) (Figs. 4.2c, d, 4.3, and 4.4); 5: Family Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 (Coral Crabs); Genus Carpilius Desmarest, 1823
Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775) (Figs. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 8.4a)6: Family Corystidae Samoulle, 1819; Genus Jonas Hombron and Jacquinot, 1846; Jonas indicus (Chopra, 1935) (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2); 7: Family Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 (Porter Crabs); Genus Dorippe Weber, 1795; Dorippe quadridens (Fabricius, 1793) (Figs. 4.2e, 7.1, and 7.2); Genus Dorippoides Serène and Romimohtarto, 1969; Dorippoides nudipes Manning and Holthuis, 1986 (Figs. 4.2f, 7.2, and 7.3); 8: Family Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 (Stone Crabs); Genus Eriphia Latreille, 1817
Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838 (Figs. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4b)9: Family Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 (Stone Crabs); Genus Menippe De Haan, 1833; Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798) (Figs. 8.4c, 9.1, and 9.2); 10: Family Oziidae Dana, 1851 (Forceps Crabs); Genus Epixanthus Heller, 1861; Epixanthus corrosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 (Figs. 10.1, 10.2a, and 10.3); Epixanthus frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Figs. 10.2b, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5); Genus Eupilumnus Kossmann, 1877; Eupilumnus calmani (Balss, 1933) (Figs. 10.3 and 10.6); Genus Lydia Gistel, 1848