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 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1 1175-5326 8391121 B5CC145D-40DC-4B0B-BCE7-84C95C79ED52 69. Photis hawaiensis J.L. Barnard, 1955 Regional records : Kuwait : Myers & Nithyanandan 2016 ; this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /065). Local distribution and occurrence : Khor Al-Sabiyah (Al-Shumaima), Ras Al-Zour, Al-Khiran, Al-Nuwaiseeb, Failaka Island, Auha Island, Kubbar Island; frequent (21%). Habitat : Intertidal and subtidal zones; muddy sand, sand, rocks, shells, sponges, seagrass, Sargassum spp. , rocks with macroalgae, tubes of blue coral-worm Spirobranchus sinuspersicus , and ropes.