Fatemeh Nazari - University of Jiroft
Omid Mirshamsi - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Alireza Sari - University of Tehran
Mansour Aliabadian - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

In the study on biodiversity and systematics of meiobenthic copepods from northern coastline of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, a canuelloid species, Canuellina insignis Gurrney, ۱۹۲۷ was found. This is the first report of the species in Iranian waters and also in the area.

Canuellidae, Copepods, meiobenthic, littoral zone, Iran