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Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast
Geological Journal ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-26 , DOI: 10.1002/gj.4145
Hamza M. Khalil 1 , Mohamed S. Fathy 1 , Samar M. Al Sawy 1
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This work provides a comprehensive description of the Scleractinian family Merulinidae (Verrill, 1865) of the Red Sea at species level based on skeletal structure for helping in evaluating and estimation of actual species diversity, as well as predicting their response to environmental changes. The present study is a first attempt to describe and illustrate the coral species of the family Merulinidae in the Farasan Islands (Saudi Arabian Coast). Moreover, coral reef terraces are investigated around El Quseir-Marsa Alam area on the Egyptian Red Sea Coast. Overall, 42 scleractinian coral species from the family Merulinidae (Verrill, 1865) have been identified. They belong to 14 genera: Dipsastraea, Favites, Echinopora, Goniastrea, Coelastrea, Paragoniastrea, Paramontastraea, Astrea, Cyphastrea, Erythrastrea, Merulina, Platygyra, Leptoria, and Hydnophora. About 37 species are recorded for the first time from the Farasan Islands and 26 species from El Quseir-Marsa Alam area, among them three species are recognized as new records. Two species are added to coral communities of the Red Sea (Goniastrea favulus and Paragoniastrea deformis), and six species were added to the fossil record of the Red Sea. The terminology, systematic classification, and the criteria of identification for all studied coral taxa are generally updated according to recent results. The known age and all recorded stratigraphic range of these species are illustrated and discussed. From the results, most of the corals are still living in the present Red Sea except for three species: Favites micropentagonus, Goniastrea favulus, and Paragoniastrea deformis. All species are extended down to the Pleistocene and a few to the Pliocene and Miocene.

中文翻译:

来自埃及和沙特阿拉伯红海沿岸的第四纪珊瑚(Scleractinia:Merulinidae)

这项工作提供了基于骨骼结构的红海 Scleractinian 家族 Merulinidae (Verrill, 1865) 的全面描述,以帮助评估和估计实际物种多样性,以及预测它们对环境变化的反应。本研究首次尝试描述和说明 Farasan 群岛(沙特阿拉伯海岸)的 Merulinidae 科珊瑚物种。此外,对埃及红海沿岸 El Quseir-Marsa Alam 地区周围的珊瑚礁梯田进行了调查。总的来说,已经鉴定了来自 Merulinidae 科 (Verrill, 1865) 的 42 种 scleractinian 珊瑚物种。它们属于 14 属:DipsastraeaFavitesEchinoporaGoniastreaCoelastreaParagoniastreaParamontastraea的AstreaCyphastreaErythrastreaMerulinaPlatygyraLeptoriaHydnophora。Farasan群岛约有37种首次被记录,El Quseir-Marsa Alam地区约有26种,其中3种被确认为新记录。红海的珊瑚群落中增加了两个物种(Goniastrea favulusParagoniastrea deformis),红海的化石记录中增加了 6 个物种。所有研究的珊瑚分类群的术语、系统分类和识别标准通常根据最近的结果进行更新。说明和讨论了这些物种的已知年龄和所有记录的地层范围。从结果来看,除了三个物种:Favites micropentagonusGoniastrea favulusParagoniastrea defisis外,大多数珊瑚仍然生活在现在的红海中。所有物种都延伸到更新世,少数物种延伸到上新世和中新世。
更新日期:2021-04-26
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