Tariq H. Yasein Al Maliky Murtada D. Naser Amaal Gh. Yasser Abdul-Hussein H. Ghazi Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq Arthropods ISSN 2224-4255 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/online-version.asp 2016 5 1 23 27 International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Hong Kong 2 December 2015 29 December 2015 1 March 2016 Grapsoid crab Metaplax indica Brachyura NW of the Arabian Gulf Iraq 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. DOI 10.0000/issn-2224-4255-arthropods-2016-v5-0003 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2016-5(1)/new-record-of-the-Grapsoid-crab-Metaplax-indica.pdf