New records of Leucosiid crabs Lyphira perplexa Galil, 2009 (Crustacea; Decapoda; Leucosiidae) in the northwest of the Arabian Gulf – Iraq

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Abstract. Al-Maliky THY. 2020. Short Communication: New records of Leucosiid crabs Lyphira perplexa Galil, 2009 (Crustacea; Decapoda; Leucosiidae) in the northwest of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Ocean Life 4: 1-3. The present study reports the occurrence of one leucosiid crabs species Lyphira perplexa Galil, 2009 from Iraqi coast, Northwest of the Arabian Gulf. Considered, This was recording of crab for first time from the Iraqi waters and the Arabian Gulf. Previously, L. perplexa described from various sites in the Arabian Gulf. Taxonomic morphological details of the specie described and clarified are given here, The carapace is carried granules close to its dorsal surface, while the hepatic and the branchial are carries granules slightly larger, and in behind front were granules irregularly beaded cumference in behind front, different in size.