An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf Author Al-Kandari, Manal Ecosystem-Based Management of Marine Resources, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P. O. Box 1638, Salmiya, 22017, Kuwait Author Polikarpov, Igor Ecosystem-Based Management of Marine Resources, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P. O. Box 1638, Salmiya, 22017, Kuwait Author Nithyanandan, Manickam Ecosystem-Based Management of Marine Resources, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P. O. Box 1638, Salmiya, 22017, Kuwait Author Al-Yamani, Faiza Ecosystem-Based Management of Marine Resources, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P. O. Box 1638, Salmiya, 22017, Kuwait Author Grintsov, Vladimir A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskii ave., 38 / 3, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-25 5351 1 1 36 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1 journal article 270779 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1 befa49c9-6719-426e-bafa-ee22152c0b7a 1175-5326 8391121 B5CC145D-40DC-4B0B-BCE7-84C95C79ED52

TABLE 1. Sampling sites studied during macrofaunal survey in 2013–2016 in the intertidal and subtidal zones of Kuwait and habitat characteristics.

Site #	Location (north to south)	GPS coordinates	Habitat characteristic
Mainland:
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1	Khor Al-Sabiyah (Al-Maghasel)	29.7413°N; 48.0957°E	sandy mud, shells, alive oysters
2	Khor Al-Sabiyah (Al-Shumaima)	29.6567°N; 48.1308°E	sandy mud, shells, alive oysters
3	Kuwait Bay, 1 m	29.5139°N; 47.8972°E	mud
4	Kuwait Bay, 2 m	29.5046°N; 47.8999°E	mud
5	Kuwait Bay, 3 m	29.4956°N; 47.9279°E	mud
6	Kuwait Bay, 4 m	29.4882°N; 47.9515°E	mud
7	Kuwait Bay, 7 m	29.4853°N; 47.9703°E	mud
8	Kuwait Bay Area, site 1	29.3997°N; 47.7435°E	muddy sand
9	Kuwait Bay Area, site 2	29.3918°N; 47.7150°E	muddy sand
10	Kuwait Bay (Al-Kuwaisat)	29.3780°N; 47.7080°E	muddy sand
11	Kuwait Bay Area, site 3	29.3792°N; 47.7049°E	muddy sand
12	Kuwait Bay Area, site 4	29.3692°N; 47.7448°E	muddy sand
13	Kuwait Bay Area, site 5	29.3733°N; 47.7501°E	muddy sand
14	Kuwait Bay (Al-Judailiat, West Doha)	29.3750°N; 47.7531°E	sand, shells, rocks
15	Kuwait Bay (Al-Aushairaj, East Doha)	29.3841°N; 47.8365°E	sand, shells, rocks
16	Doha Port	29.3840°N; 47.8484°E	sand, shells, rocks
17	Sulaibikhat Bay	29.3284°N; 47.8278°E	muddy sand
18	Shuwaikh beach	29.3567°N; 47.9398°E	muddy sand
19	Al-Salam beach	29.3605°N; 47.9534°E	sand, shells, rocks
20	Souq Sharq Marina	29.3882°N; 47.9823°E	artificial constructions
21	Ras Ajuza	29.3914°N; 47.9967°E	sand, shells, rocks
22	Army Officers Club Marina	29.3789°N; 48.0068°E	sand, shells, rocks
23	Al-Sha’ab, site 1	29.3663°N; 48.0224°E	sand, shells, rocks
24	Al-Sha’ab, site 2	29.3542°N; 48.0306°E	sand, shells, rocks
25	Al Sha’ab Marina	29.3431°N; 48.0512°E	artificial constructions
26	Ras Al-Ard Marina	29.3505°N; 48.0997°E	artificial constructions
27	Salmiya offshore	29.3485°N; 48.1027°E	sand, shells
28	KISR’s Salmiya Marina	29.3463°N; 48.1010°E	artificial constructions
29	Rescue Center Marina	29.3435°N; 48.0990°E	artificial constructions
30	Al-Salmiya (Belajat Street)	29.3386°N; 48.0963°E	sand, shells, rocks
31	Salmiya Town beach	29.3359°N; 48.0955°E	sand, shells
32	Sewage discharge, 4 m	29.3229°N; 48.0955°E	sand, shells
33	Sewage discharge, 6 m	29.3230°N; 48.0982°E	sand, shells
34	Sewage discharge, 8 m	29.3228°N; 48.1009°E	sand, shells
35	Sewage discharge, 10 m	29.3228°N; 48.1027°E	sand, shells
36	Sewage discharge, 12 m	29.3228°N; 48.1057°E	sand, shells, gravel
37	Sewage discharge, 16 m	29.3229°N; 48.1087°E	sand, shells
38	Salwa beach (Anjafa beach)	29.2776°N; 48.0903°E	rocks
39	Al-Bida’a beach	29.2999°N; 48.0887°E	sand, shells, rocks
40	Al-Messilah beach	29.2749°N; 48.0901°E	sand, shells, rocks
41	Fintas beach	29.2167°N; 48.1086°E	sand, shells, rocks
42	Al-Funaitees beach	29.1920°N; 48.1156°E	sand, shells, rocks
43	Abu Halifa	29.1359°N; 48.1331°E	sand, shells, rocks
44	Al-Mangaf beach	29.1007°N; 48.1387°E	sand, shells, rocks
45	Masfat Al-Ahmadi	29.0739°N; 48.1446°E	sand, shells, rocks
46	Shuiaba Petroleum Products Pier	29.0622°N; 48.1859°E	mud
47	Mina Al Ahmadi Island Terminal	29.1156°N; 48.2702°E	mud
48	Mina Abdullah	29.0012°N; 48.1642°E	sand, shells, rocks
49	Julai’a beach	28.8836°N; 48.2781°E	sand, shells
50	Julai’a beach	28.8247°N; 48.2802°E	sand, shells
51	Dohat Al-Zour	28.7683°N; 48.3035°E	sand, shells, rocks
52	Ras Al-Zour	28.7417°N; 48.3825°E	sand, shells, rocks
53	Al-Khiran	28.6469°N; 48.3905°E	sand, shells, rocks
54	Khiran area	28.6300°N; 48.3917°E	sand, shells, rocks
55	Al-Nuwaiseeb area, site 1	28.5799°N; 48.4013°E	sand, shells, rocks
56	Al-Nuwaiseeb area, site 2	28.5472°N; 48.4228°E	sand, shells, rocks
Islands:
57	Boubyan Island (Umm Al-Shajar)	29.9044°N; 48.0246°E	muddy sand
58	Boubyan Island (Ras Al-Qayd Al-Gayed)	29.8016°N; 48.3663°E	muddy sand
59	Boubyan Island (South)	29.6162°N; 48.2872°E	muddy sand
60	Miskan Island (Southeast)	29.4840°N; 48.2549°E	sand, shells, gravel, rocks, living sponges
61	Failaka Island (Northwest)	29.4675°N; 48.2973°E	sand, shells, rocks
62	Failaka Island (South)	29.4271°N; 48.3385°E	sand, shells, rocks
63	Failaka Island (East 1)	29.3938°N; 48.3993°E	sand, shells, rocks
64	Failaka Island (East 2)	29.3952°N; 48.4023°E	sand, shells, gravel, rocks, living sponges
65	Failaka offshore, 7 m	29.3903°N; 48.4653°E	sand, shells
66	Failaka offshore, 9 m	29.3817°N; 48.4708°E	sand, shells
67	Failaka offshore 10 m	29.3883°N; 48.4733°E	sand, shells
68	Failaka offshore, 12 m	29.3892°N; 48.4800°E	sand, shells
69	Failaka offshore, 16 m	29.4045°N; 48.5039°E	shells
70	Auha Island (Northwest)	29.3788°N; 48.4378°E	sand, shells, rocks
71	Auha Island (North 1)	29.3789°N; 48.4383°E	sand, shells, rocks
72	Auha Island (North 2)	29.3793°N; 48.4399°E	sand, shells, rocks
73	Auha Island (South)	29.3776°N; 48.4414°E	sand, shells, rocks
74	Umm Al-Namil Island	29.3786°N; 47.8662°E	sand, shells, rocks
75	Kubbar Island (West)	29.0730°N; 48.4912°E	sand, shells, rocks
76	Kubbar Island (East)	29.0713°N; 48.4943°E	sand, shells, rocks
77	Kubbar Island (South)	29.0701°N; 48.4923°E	sand, shells, rocks
78	Qaruh Island (North)	28.8184°N; 48.7759°E	sand, shells, rocks, coral rubble
79	Qaruh Island (South)	28.8170°N; 48.7768°E	sand, shells, rocks, coral rubble
80	Umm Al-Maradim Island (Northwest)	28.6828°N; 48.6533°E	sand, shells, rocks, coral rubble
81	Umm Al-Maradim Island (Northeast)	28.6823°N; 48.6534°E	sand, shells, rocks, coral rubble
82	Umm Al-Maradim Island (East)	28.6796°N; 48.6536°E	sand, shells, rocks, coral rubble