Nereis persica Bonyadi-Naeini

Nereis cf. persica sensu Bonyadi-Naeini et al., new record Material examined. Djod (25° 26' 33.00" N, 59° 31' 00.00" E), ZUTC 7073, intertidal zone, rocky-stony, collected by Bonyadi-Naeini A., 16 April 2015. Remarks. Nereis cf. persica sensu Bonyadi-Naeini et al. was compared with the five Nereis species that occur in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman based on 12 features (Table 5). The studied material is most similar to Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911 and Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758. The present material differs from Nereis persica by having fewer paragnaths in Area I (0 vs 0–1), more paragnaths in Area VI (11 vs 6–10), and lack of body pigmentation (no pigmentation vs on 10 to 12 anterior chaetigers traces of transverse brownish bands), but it differs from Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 in two features: lack of paragnaths in Area I (0 vs 2–3), and more paragnaths in Area VI (11 vs 4–5). The other three Nereis species recorded in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman show fewer similarities to the Nereis cf. persica sensu Bonyadi-Naeini et al., as shown in Table 5.