Marine Invertebrates of Oman
Citation: Paulay G, Anker A, Bemis A, Benzoni F, Brown S, Budaeva N, Casartelli M, Cherneva M, Claereboudt M, Claereboudt E, Gress E, Kocot K, Kolbasova G, Lasley R, Lotufo T, Maslakova S, McFadden C, Meyer C, Moore J, Olson C, Samimi-Namin K, Terraneo T, Tweedt T, Uehling A, Uyeno D, Vicente Raczkowski J, 2023-onward. Marine Invertebrates of Oman. InvertEBase
Locality: Oman
Abstract:

This checklist presents some of the results of the Marine Biodiversity Survey of Oman.  The checklist currently draws only on the collections databased at the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), where the bulk of the samples have been deposited, but plans include incorporating other participating collections once feasible.  Databasing of this collection is ongoing, as is the addition of images.  Identification work is also continuing, and the preliminary identifications of many species will change as these get studied.  Note also that only taxa represented in the InvertEBase taxonomic thesaurus are loaded, thus samples identified to genus or higher taxa, or with provisional species names could not be included.  All taxa (an estimated 3,000-4,000 species) are however available through the FLMNH collection database (http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/iz/). 

This survey was carried out by an international team of taxonomists (the authors) to document marine life in the coastal waters of the Sultanate of Oman, in collaboration with Sultan Qaboos University, the Environmental Authority of Oman, Oman Plant and Genetic Resources Center, and Five Oceans, with the logistic support of Naser Al-Khanjari (Omanta Scuba Diving Academy), Musallam Zidan (Salalah Diving and Marine Services Company), Sergey Dobretsov (SQU), Simon Wilson and Haitham Al-Wahaibi (5 Oceans), Nancy Stauft, and David and Leslie Bosch.  We are also grateful to many people who helped with aspects of the field work, other taxonomists who helped with identifications, the Royal Air Force of Oman for facilitating access on Masirah Island, and the US National Science Foundation for funding.


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Families: 317
Genera: 756
Species: 1283
Total Taxa: 1283

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[Glycymeris amboinensis (Gmelin, 1791), Glycymeris pectiniformis (Lamarck, 1819), Glycymeris pectunculus (Linnaeus, 1758), Pectunculus pectiniformis Lamarck, 1819, Tucetona amboinensis (Gmelin, 1791), Tucetona amboinensis extra Iredale, 1939]
[Hyotissa imbricata (Lamarck, 1819), Parahyotissa imbricata (Lamarck, 1819), Parahyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)]
[Amalthea conica Schumacher, 1817, Hipponix acutus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835, Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817)]
[Anatina japonica Lischke, 1872, Anatina labiata Reeve, 1863, Anatina subrostrata Lamarck, 1818, Laternula flexuosa (Reeve, 1863), Laternula subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818)]
[Doris lacera Cuvier, 1804, Hexabranchus aureomarginatus Ostergaard, 1955, Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832), Hexabranchus pulchellus Pease, 1860]
[Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791, Standella fragilis Gray, 1853]
[Malleus decurtatus Lamarck, 1819, Malleus maculosus Reeve, 1858, Malleus regulus [sic], Malvufundus regula (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)]
[Marginella monilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Marginella terveriana Petit de la Saussaye, 1851, Prunum monile (Linnaeus, 1758), Prunum terverianum (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)]
[Astraea fragilis Dana, 1846, Astraea pandanus Dana, 1846, Astraea puteolina Dana, 1846, Astraea speciosa Dana, 1846]
[Atactodea glabrata (Gmelin, 1791), Erycina striata (Gmelin, 1791), Mesodesma intermedia Reeve, 1854, Mesodesma trigona Deshayes, 1832, Paphies striata (Gmelin, 1791)]
[Mitra aurantia (Gmelin, 1791), Mitra aurantia aurantia]
[Mitra amphorella Lamarck, 1811, Mitra limbifera Lamarck, 1811, Mitra scutulata (Gmelin, 1791)]
[Cancilla interlirata (Reeve, 1844), Ziba interlirata (Reeve, 1844)]
[Drupa concatenata (Lamarck, 1822), Drupella concatenata (Lamarck, 1822), Thais alveolata (Reeve, 1846), Thais rugosa (Born, 1778)]
[Colubraria bracteata (Hinds, 1844), Colubraria digitalis (Reeve, 1844), Maculotriton bracteatus (Hinds, 1844)]
[Drupella mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758), Mancinella aculeata Link, 1807, Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758), Thais alouina (Röding, 1798), Thais gemmulata (Lamarck, 1816), Thais mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758)]
[Mancinella bufo (Lamarck, 1822), Thais bufo (Lamarck, 1822)]
[Astraea echinata Dana, 1846, Astrea patula Dana, 1846]
[Brachidontes semistriatus (Krauss, 1848), Mytilus variabilis Krauss, 1848]
[Mytilus africanus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807, Mytilus elongatus Chemnitz, 1785, Mytilus magellanicus Röding, 1798, Mytilus perna (Linnaeus, 1758), Mytilus pictus Born, 1778, Perna picta (Born, 1778)]
[Congeria bryanae Pilsbry, 1921, Septifer forskalii Dunker, 1855, Septifer furcillata Gould, 1861]
[Helcioniscus eucosmia Pilsbry, 1892, Patella variegata Reeve, 1854]
[Arcularia coronata Link, 1807, Nassa arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)]
[Nassa clathrata Lamarck, 1816, Nassa gemmulata (Lamarck, 1822), Nassarius gemmulatus (Lamarck, 1822), Niotha clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)]
[Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758), Nassa suturalis Lamarck, 1822, Nassarius suturalis (Lamarck, 1822)]
[Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798), Natica didyma (Röding, 1798), Polinices didyma (Röding, 1798)]
[Natica albula Récluz, 1851, Natica mamilla [sic], Polinices mamilla [sic], Polinices pyriformis (Récluz, 1844), Polinices tumidus (Swainson, 1840)]
[Neverita peselephanti (Link, 1807), Polinices columnaris (Récluz, 1850)]
[Anthophyllum clavus Dana, 1846, Galaxea clavus Dana, 1846, Galaxea musicalis (Linnaeus, 1767)]
[Amalda ampla (Gmelin, 1791), Ancillaria candida Lamarck, 1811]
[Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942, Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867)]
[Ostrea cumingiana Dunker, 1846, Ostrea plicata Dillwyn, 1817]
[Crassostrea cucullata (Born, 1778), Ostrea turbinata Lamarck, 1819]
[Crassostrea margaritacea (Lamarck, 1819), Ostrea multistriata Hanley, 1846]
[Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855), Prionovolva wilsoniana C. N. Cate, 1973]
[Patella exusta Reeve, 1854, Patella pica Reeve, 1854]
[Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834, Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842]
[Chlamys squamosa (Gmelin, 1791), Pecten larvatus Reeve, 1853, Pecten serratus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842]
[Chlamys cristularis (Adams & Reeve, 1850), Chlamys layardi (Reeve, 1853), Chlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791), Mimachlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791), Pecten cristularis Adams & Reeve, 1850, Pecten layardi Reeve, 1853, Pecten senatoria (Gmelin, 1791), Pecten splendidulus G. B. Sowerby II, 1842]
[Phasianella aethiopica Philippi, 1853, Phasianella caloundra Iredale, 1927, Phasianella histrio Reeve, 1862, Phasianella jaspidea Reeve, 1862, Phasianella modesta Gould, 1861, Phasianella rubens Lamarck, 1822, Phasianella variegata Lamarck, 1822]
Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Portuguese man o' war
[Physalia physalia (Linnaeus, 1758), Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)]
[Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846, Pocillopora favosa Ehrenberg, 1834, Pocillopora lacera Verrill, 1870]
[Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791), Cerithidea fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838), Cerithideopsilla cingulata (Gmelin, 1791), Cerithium fluviatile Potiez & Michaud, 1838, Potamides cingulatus (Gmelin, 1791), Potamides fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)]