International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Arthropods 2224-4255 6 2 2017 6 1 New record of the snapping shrimp Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) (Crustacea: Alpheoidea) in Basrah, Iraq 47-53 EN Tariq H. Y. Al-Maliky Khaled Kh Al- Khafaji Talib A. Khalaf http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2017-6(2)/new-record-of-snapping-shrimp-of-Alpheus-edwardsii.pdf> Specimens of the snapping shrimp Alpheus edwardsii, were collected from the intertidal zone of Faw and Shatt Al-Basrah channel in Basrah city, Iraq during October 2016. Photographs by digital camera and measurements were presented. Guides and keys were used for identification of this species.