Recent coral facies of the Indian Ocean Coast of Somalia with an interim check list of corals |
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Authors: | Dr Federico Carbone Prof Dr Ruggero Matteucci Dr Brian R Rosen Prof Dr Antonio Russo |
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Institution: | (1) Centro di Studio per il Quaternario e l'Evoluzione Ambientale-CNR-c/o Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy;(3) Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, UK;(4) Istituto di Paleontologia, Università degli Studi di Modena, via Università 4, 41100 Modena, Italy |
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Abstract: | Summary From a study of two areas, Jesira and the Bajuni Archipelago, about 400 km apart, a general pattern can be established for
the Recent facies, together with the morphological and taxonomic features of the corals. Present day coral development is
characterized by true fringing reefs in the Bajuni Archipelago and by scattered patches and knolls in the Jesira area. The
coral fauna, consisting of 27 genera and 63 species so far (including all uncertainties, but not sight records), is rather
poor, though coral communities are locally well developed. These figures probably reflect incomplete study and sampling. Although
comparison with other areas may therefore be premature, a preliminary biogeographical analysis suggests that this fauna is
more closely related to that of the Red Sea than to East Africa and the Seychelles. This differs from other published biogeographical
work on Indian Ocean coral faunas, but further study of the corals in this and neighbouring areas of the Indian Ocean is needed
in order to resolve this apparent anomaly. |
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Keywords: | Coral Environments Scleractinian Corals Biogeography Somali Coast Indian Ocean Recent |
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