Nineteen specimens representing four species in the brachyuran families Goneplacidae and Dorippidae were collected during a four year biological survey of the Dampier Archipelago, in northwest Western Australia, conducted by the Western Australia Museum.

The present study is important in concerning the ecological and classification of the native and invasive species to the Iraqi coast in the northwest of the Arabian Gulf. It has been noted that there is a recent trend to record many decapod crustaceans

The aim of this research was to find out diversity and distribution of Dorippid Crabs (family: Dorippidae) in addition to other brachyuran crabs species in subtidal zone along the Iraqi coast. Sampling sites along the Iraqi coasts. … ...