Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

A NEW RECORD OF THE MANTIS SHRIMP ORATOSQUILLINA INTERRUPTA (KEMP, 1911) FROM THE IRAQI COAST

Amaal Gh. Yasser, Nada M. Al-Baghdadi and Murtada D. Naser

Abstract

The current study is part of an ongoing project in Iraq to investigate the richness, distribution, and abundance of intertidal macrofauna. On July 20, 2020, at 29°56’57.47"N, 48°34’7.38"E, samples of the mantis shrimp Oratosquillina interrupta (Kemp, 1911) were taken from the northwest of the Persian-Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Using standard literature, the species was identified up to the species level