eng International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Arthropods 2224-4255 2017-6-1 6 2 47 53 2 article Tariq H. Y. Al-Maliky 1 2 Khaled Kh Al- Khafaji 1 2 Talib A. Khalaf 1 2 Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq 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. http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2017-6(2)/new-record-of-snapping-shrimp-of-Alpheus-edwardsii.pdf new record snapping shrimp, Alpheus edwardsii, Alpheoidea