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References Used for Iraq (IRQ)
n = 62
Ref. No. Description
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78391 Minton, S.A. 1975 Geographic distribution of sea snakes. In Dunson, W.A. (ed.), The Biology of Sea Snakes. University Park Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. p. 21-31.
80575 Culik, B.M. 2003 Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829). Review on Small Cetaceans: Distribution, Behaviour, Migration and Threats. Downloaded online from http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/S_plumbea/s_plumbea.htm on March 20, 2009.
80701 Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2009 AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2009.
81429 Yeo, D.C.J. and P.K.L. Ng 2007 On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 16:273-308.
84934 Enticott, J. and D. Tipling 1997 Seabirds of the World: the complete reference. Singapore: New Holland (Publishers) Ltd. 234 p.
88178 Wilson, K. 2008 A brief trip to United Arab Emirates and northern Oman. Trip report of Keith Wilson, p. 2.
89450 IUCN 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded in November 2011.
89729 Miroğlu, A. and V. Kartal 2008 Additional notes on the Odonata fauna of Kurupelit (Samsun, Turkey). Turk J Zool 32:33-41.
89739 Schorr, M. and D. Paulson 2012 World Odonata List. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/ [Accessed 22/03/2012].
91481 Asahina, S. 1973 The Odonata of Iraq. Jap. J. Zool. 17:17-35
92930 Purcell, S.W., Y. Samyn and C. Conand 2012 Commercially important sea cucumbers of the world. FAO, Rome, Italy, 223 p.
94422 Conand, C., S. Purcell and R. Gamboa 2013 Holothuria flavomaculata. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. . Downloaded on 13 November 2013.
96968 Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn 2014 Cephalopods of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated catalogue of Cephalopod species known to date. Vol. 3. Octopods and vampire squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 3(4):370p.
97142 Jereb, P. and C.F.E. Roper 2010 Cephalopods of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated catalogue of Cephalopod species known to date. Vol. 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 2(4):605p.
105246 Salman, S.D., M.H. Ali and A.H.Y. Al-Adhub 1990 Abundance and seasonal migrations of the penaeid shrimp Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne-Edwards) within Iraqi waters. Hydrobiologia 196(1):79-90.
106819 Naderloo, R. and M. Türkay 2012 Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: faunistics, biodiversity and zoogeography. Zootaxa 3374:1-67.
107130 Al-Khayat, J.A. 2005 Some macrobenthic invertebrates in the Qatari Waters, Arabian Gulf. Qatar Univ. Sci. J. 25:126-136
107264 Pohl, T., S.W. Al-Muqdadi, M.H. Ali, N.A-M. Fawzi, H. Erlich and B. Merkel 2014 Discovery of a living coral reef in the coastal waters of Iraq. Scientific Reports 4:1-4.
107269 De Grave, S. and C.W. Ashelby 2011 Notes on some shrimp species (Decapoda: Caridea) from Qatar, with an annotated checklist of marine caridean species known from the Persian Gulf. Marine Biodiversity Records 4:1-7.
107282 John, D.M. and R.F. Al-Thani 2014 Benthic marine algae of the Arabian Gulf: a critical review and analysis of distribution and diversity patterns. Nova Hedwigia 98(3-4):341-392.
107481 Naderloo, R. 2011 Grapsoid crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Thoracotremata) of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Zootaxa 3048:1-43.
107545 Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. and J.-W. Wägele 2010 A new record of Sphaeroma annandalei Stebbing, 1911 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from the Persian Gulf, and description of a new related species (Sphaeroma silvai nov. sp.) from the South Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 2508:30-44.
108351 Ajeel, S.G. 2012 Distribution and abundance of zooplankton in Shatt Al-Basrah and Khour Al-Zubair Channels, Basrah, Iraq. Journal of Basrah Researches 38(4):10-28.
108381 Mhaisen, F.T., N.R. Khamees and A.H. Ali 2014 Checklist of acanthocephalans of freshwater and marine fishes of Basrah Province, Iraq. Basrah J. Agric. Sci. 27(1):21-34.
108382 Ali, A.H., F.T. Mhaisen and N.R. Khamees 2014 Checklists of nematodes of freshwater and marine fishes of Basrah Province, Iraq. Mesopot. J. Mar. Sci. 29(2):71-96.
108384 Glöer, P. and M.D. Naser 2013 Assiminea zubairensis n. sp. - a new species from Iraq (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Assimineidae. Journal of Conchology 41(3):305-307.
108386 Yasein, T.H., A. Maliky, M.D. Naser, A.Gh. Yasser and A.-H.H. Ghazi 2016 New record of the Grapsoid crab Metaplax indica. H. Milne-Edwards, 1852 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Thoracotremata) from the NW of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Arthropods 5(1):23-27.
108387 Khamees, N.R., F.T. Mhaisen and A.H. Ali 2015 Checklists of crustaceans of freshwater and marine fishes of Basrah Province, Iraq. Mesopot. J. Mar. Sci., 30(1):1-32.
114880 Al-Abdulrazzak, D. and D. Pauly 2017 Reconstructing historical baselines for the Persian/Arabian Gulf Dugong, Dugong dugon (Mammalia: Sirena). Zoology in the Middle East 1-8.
114991 Hameed, H.A. and M. Saburova 2015 First record of Scrippsiella trochoidea (Dinophyceae) in Shatt Al-Arab River (southern Iraq). Marine Biodiversity Records 8:1-6.
114992 Haase, M., M.D. Naser and T. Wilke 2010 Ecrobia grimmi in brackish Lake Sawa, Iraq: indirect evidence for long-distance dispersal of hydrobiid gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) by birds. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76:101-105.
114993 Al-Dabbas, M.A. and M.H.A. Al-Jaberi 2015 Geochemistry of Crassostrea cucullata shells as environmental contamination indicator in Iraqi coasts, North Arabian Gulf. Arab J Geosci 8:5767-5777.
114994 Venmathi Maran, B.A., S.Y. Moon and T.K. Adday 2014 A new species of Anchistrotos (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae) from hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Actinopterygii: Clupeidae), off Iraq. Folia Parasitologica 61(5):479-484.
114995 Venmathi Maran, B.A., S.Y. Moon, T.K. Adday and D. Tang 2016 Cepolacanthus kimi, a new genus and species of copepod (Cyclopoida: Taeniacanthidae) parasitic on bandfish Acanthocephala abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1835) (Actinopterygii: Cepolidae) caught off the Iraqi coast. Zootaxa 4174(1):249-258.
114998 Naser, M.D., T.A. Khalaf, A.GH. Yasser and H.SH. Darweesh 2012 New records of Indomysis nybini Biju & Pananpunnayil, 2010 from the south of Iraq. Crustaceana 85(3):379-383.
114999 Al-Rezzaq, A.J.A., A.M.J. Almamoori, M.J. Yass and J.M. Salman 2015 Morphological and molecular study of new record species of barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) in Babylon Province, Iraq. Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences 9(12):116-120.
115000 Al-Jaberi, M.H. and M.A. Al-Dabbas 2016 Evaluation of Iraqi coasts using littoral and marine bivalve shells. Iraqi Geological Journal 39-49(2):16-33.
115228 Naser, M.D., K.K.H.S. Alkhafaji, A.G.H. Yasser and H.S.H. Darweesh 2013 New record of Nanosesarma sarii (Naderloo and Yurkay, 2009) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Knor Al-Zubair, south of Iraq. Bull. Iraq. Nat. Hist. Mus. 12(4):35-41.
115230 Al-Khafaji, K.K., A.A. Al-Waeli and T.H. Al-Maliky 2017 New recors of xanthid crabs Atergatis roseus (Rüppell, 1830) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Iraqi coast, south of Basrah city, Iraq. Arthropods 6(2):54-58.
115231 Al-Maliky, T.H.Y., K.K. Al-Khafaji and T.A. Khalaf 2017 New record of the snapping shrimp Alpheus edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) (Crustacea: Alpheoidea) in Basrah, Iraq. Arthropods 6(2):47-53.
115232 Yasser, A.G., I.M. AbdulSahib, M.D. Naser, K.K.S. Al-Khafaji and H.S. Darweesh 2013 Two records of Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Thoracotremata) from the NW of the Arabian gulf. Arthropods 2(3):105-110.
115234 Naser, M.D., M.O. Son and A.G. Yasser 2011 Assessing the risks of invasions of aquatic invertebrates in the Shatt Al-Arab river. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 2(2-3):120-125.
115264 Plaziat, J.-C. and W.R. Younis 2005 The modern environments of molluscs in southern Mesopotamia, Iraq: a guide to paleogeographical reconstructions of quaternary fluvial, palustrine and marine deposits. Carnets de Géologie 2005/01:1-18.
115265 Garstecki, T. and Z. Amr 2011 Biodiversity and ecosystem management in the Iraqi marshlands - screening study on potential world heritage nomination. Amman, Jordan: IUCN.
115270 Ali, M.H., H.K. Ahmed, H.H. Mohammed and J.M. Al-Zwar 2017 Five bivalve species from the recently discovered coral reef in the marine coastal waters of Iraq. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare 7(8):17-21.
115287 Ibrahem, H.F. and I.J.M. Al-Shawi 2015 Potential harmful dinoflagellates of Iraqi coastal marine waters. International Journal of Marine Science 5(60):1-6.
115288 Abed, J.M. 2007 Status of water birds in restored southern Iraqi marshes. Marsh Bulletin 2(1):64-79.
115327 Morad, M.S.S., T.A. Khalaf and A.H.H. Awad 2013 Composition, abundance and distribution of zooplankton in the Iraqi marine and brackish waters. pp 229-243 In INOC-IIUM International Conference on Oceanography & Sustainable Marine Production: A Challenge of Managing Marine Resources under Climate Change, ICOSMaP, Kuantan, Malaysia 28-30 October 2013.
115330 Mohammed, D.S. and M.H. Ali 2010 A morphological and molecular study on Artemia franciscana (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from Basrah, Iraq. Crustaceana 83(8):941-956.
117069 Gasith, A., S. Gafny, Y. Hershkovitz, H. Goldstein and B.S. Galil 2011 The invasive freshwater medusa Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 (Hydrozoa:Olindiidae) in Israel. Aquatic Invasions 6(1):S147-S152.
118938 Gutekunst, V., A.U. Muller, T. Pohl, F. Brummer, H. Malik, N. Fawzi, H. Erpenbeck and H. Lehnert 2018 A new fistulose demosponge species from the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa 4450(5):565-574.
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