The majoid crab, Macropodia tenuirostris is now reported off the Samandağ coast, Hatay, south-eastern Turkey. One male specimen of Macropodia tenuirostris was found on 31 January 2007 on a sandy bottom with a sea grass meadow, Halophila stipulacea (Forskål) Ascherson at a depth of 25 m (GPS coordinates: 36°01′24″N 35°58′33″E) by bottom trawl, with a cod-end mesh size of 22 mm. It is one of the six species of Macropodia in the Mediterranean Sea, and is widely distributed in the eastern Atlantic (Faeroe Islands, North Sea, all British coasts, southwards to Western Sahara, Cape Verde Islands) and in the entire Mediterranean. Macropodia tenuirostris as here reported presents the first record of this species for the Turkish part of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.