Eurydice arabica Jones, 1974 (Fig. 5 a, b) Eurydice arabica Jones 1974: 202, fig. 2a–g.— Bruce 1986: 221. Material examined. 3 females (SMF 40852) low tide, subtidal sand, Bahrain sta. 850805A5, Mashtan Island, coll. D.A. Jones 1985; 1 juv (SMF 40853) subtidal sand, Kuwait, Al-Ahmad Sea City waterways, sta. NS06 coll. B.R. Sontakke 2009. Remarks. This species has been extensively collected in the Red Sea (Jones 1974; Dexter 1986 /7; Dexter 1989) from intertidal sand, but present records from Bahrain and Kuwait are the first for the Arabian Gulf. The appendix masculina and pleotelson posterior margin are figured (Fig. 5 a, b), together with those of E. paxilli (Fig. 5 d, e) and E. inermis (Fig. 5 f) to assist with the identification key.

Published as part of Jones, David Alan & Nithyanandan, Manickam, 2012, Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Eurydice Leach, 1815 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Arabian region, including three new species, pp. 45-57 in Zootaxa 3314 on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210845