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 11. Ampithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826 Syn.: Amphitoe ramondi Audouin, 1826 ; Ampithoe desmarestii Spence Bate, 1862 ; Ampithoe erythraea Kossmann, 1980 ; Ampithoe intermedia Walker, 1904 ; Ampithoe lobata Walker, 1909 ; Ampithoe penicillata Costa, 1857 ; Ampithoe pontica Czerniavky, 1868 ; Ampithoe raymondi Audouin, 1826 ; Ampithoe vaillanti Lucas, 1864 Regional records : Kuwait : Myers & Nithyanandan 2016 ; this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /009; Fig. 3A ); Saudi Arabia : Manokaran et al . 2021 . Local distribution and occurrence : Kuwait Bay (Ras Ajuza), Al-Messilah beach, Masfat Al-Ahmadi , Ras Al-Zour, Al-Nuwaiseeb, Failaka Island, Kubbar Island, Qaruh Island, Umm Al-Maradim Island ; frequent (27%). Habitat : Intertidal and subtidal zones; sand, rocks, dead corals, pebble, Sargassum spp. and other algae, sponges, blue coral-worm Spirobranchus sinuspersicus tubes, seaweeds, hydroids associations, and tunicates.