The leucosiid crabs of the Iraqi coast with a new record of Nursia plicata (Herbst, 1803)
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The leucosiid crabs are common species that can be found on soft sediments ranging in depth from the intertidal flat to the shelf and slop. The Leucosiid crab, Nursia plicata (Herbst, 1803), is reported in this study based on the collection of two specimens in April 2019 from the Iraqi Marin waters. Photographs and illustrations of the species and its external morphological traits and the first male gonapod G1 are given.
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