Record of deep-sea lobster Palinustus waguensis Kubo, 1963 (Decapoda: Palinuridea) from southern coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea
Salim Ahmed Al-Ghassani and Salem Mohammed Kahoom
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Salim Ahmed Al-Ghassani
Fisheries Research Center-Dhofar
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Water Resources
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-0099
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Salem Mohammed Kahoom
Fisheries Research Center-Dhofar
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Water Resources
Abstract
Deep-sea lobster Palinustus waguensis Kubo, 1963, was recorded in the southern Omani coast in Dhofar region in the Arabian Sea for the first time. On 18 October 2021, a single male specimen was captured in a fish cage trap at 230 m depth about 600 m off Mirbat area on the Arabian Sea. The specimen measured 117.63 mm in total length, 41.63 mm carapace length and weighed 65.84 g. The findings of the present record expand the distribution of this lobster species in the Omani coastline and the south-west of the Arabian Sea.
Keywords: Arabian Sea, Deep-sea lobster, Oman, Palinustus waguensis
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2021-12-20
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2022-06-30
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Al-Ghassani, S. A., & Kahoom, S. M. (2022). Record of deep-sea lobster Palinustus waguensis Kubo, 1963 (Decapoda: Palinuridea) from southern coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea: Salim Ahmed Al-Ghassani and Salem Mohammed Kahoom. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 69(2). https://doi.org/10.21077/ijf.2022.69.2.119257-17
