FIRST RECORD OF SARON MARMORATUS (OLIVIER, 1811) (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: HIPPOLYTIDEA) FROM MAKRAN COAST, IRAN

There are four species of marbled shrimps namely: Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811), Saron neglectus De Man, 1902, Saron inermis Hayashi, 1983 and Saron rectirostris Hayashi, 1984. The marbled shrimp, Saron marmoratusis a widespread species in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (see Holthuis, 1947 and Chace, 1997 for details and also Barnard, 1950; Miyake and Hayashi, 1966; McNeil, 1968; Tirmizi and Kazmi, 1972; Kazmi and Kazmi, 1979; Jones, 1986; Kazmi and Kazmi, 1987; Hogarth, 1989; Holthuis, 1993). This species was throughway treated in the study of material collected during the «Siboga Expedition» by Holthuis (1947)