International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Arthropods 2224-4255 5 1 2016 3 1 New record of the Grapsoid crab Metaplax indica H. Milne-Edwards, 1852 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Thoracotremata) from the NW of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq 23-27 EN Tariq H. Yasein Al Maliky Murtada D. Naser Amaal Gh. Yasser Abdul-Hussein H. Ghazi http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2016-5(1)/new-record-of-the-Grapsoid-crab-Metaplax-indica.pdf> Specimens of grapsoid crab Metaplax indica were collected from the intertidal zone of the lower reaches of Shatt Al-Arab at Fao region, NW of the Arabian Gulf , Basrah, Iraq 2012. A note on the morphological features of this species and a photograph is provided to confirm the identification of the crab.