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Appendix 1 
Some potential Crab Plover prey, Kuwait mudflats (Jones 1986). 
PJ Cowan, Department of Zoology, Vacuity of Science, Kuwait 
University, PO Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait. 
Crabs 
Ocypodidae 
Uca lactea anulipes 
Uca sindensis 
Cleistostoma kuwaitense 
Tylodiplax indica 
Macrophthalmus depressus 
Macrophthalmus pectinipes 
Macrophthalmus grandidieri 
Ilyoplax stevensi 
Ilyoplax frater 
Dotilla blanfordi 
Grapsidae 
Metaplex indica 
Portunidae 
Portuna pelagicus 
Xanthidae 
Eurycarcinus orientalis 
Mudskippers 
Gobiidae 
Scartelaos viridis 
Periophthalmus koelreuteri 
Boloephthalmus boddarti 
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