LITTORAL RECENT FORAMINIFERA AROUND ARABIA
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The marine tropical region of the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Arabian Gulf around Arabia are represent as one of the richest diagnostic marine biological areas of the world. This study includes the modern taxonomical consideration of 296 Recent foraminiferal species belonging to five suborders (consists of 23 Textulariina species (agglutinated forms), 157 Miliolina, 36 Lagenina, 70 Rotaliina, 9 Globigerinid species (the last mentioned four suborders constituting the hyaline forms), from eight littoral coasts around Arabia: Red Sea (Egypt and Saudi Arabia-SA), Arabian Sea (Socotra and southern Yemen), Hormoz Strait (Oman), Arabian Gulf (United Arab Emirates-UAE, Qatar and Iran), which were previously recorded in different literatures. Fifty-two of the total species are recorded from Egypt (~17.5%), 31 from SA (~10.48%), 61 from Socotra of Yemen (20.6%), 93 from southern Yemen (~31.4%), 44 from HS (~14.8%), 19 from UAE (~0.6%), 4 from Qatar (~0.01%), 19 from Iran (~0.6%), 89 from the total Arabian Gulf (~30.0%). Sixty-seven species are recorded from two or more localities around Arabia (~22.6%), while the others (~77.4%) are endemic to another sites of their local description. The study of the geographical distribution of these assemblages and their relation to major geographical characteristics of the surrounding lands suggests that the nature of these assemblages depends mainly on biotic factors and depths.
| Pages | 38-46 |
| Year | 2026 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Volume | 4 |
