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Bay of EI Kura. out~r red. south tip
depth not indicated 73693- 697
above locality 398; 4- 6 m 73 587- 692
locality 398 ; 8- 10 m 13 683- 686
locality 397 ; 20 m 73680-682
locality 395 i 46 m 13 675
Patch reefs off south tip
locality 399; 0- 5 m 73699- 709
locality 393 ; 20- 22 m 73629-637
locality 392 ; 30-33 m 73638- 642
Lagoon. patch reds
local ity 1 SO; 2- 5 m 73648-659
locality 190; 4- 6 m 73660
Lagoon . west rim ; 0.5 - 1 m 73661- 668
l agoon . east rim
locality 380; without depth 73669, 670
4. Universit't Bochum
a) In 1977 Prof. Dr. H. MERGNER , Dr. H. SCHUHMACHER and Dr. M. MASTALLER studied a fore reef
area in a depth of 10 to 12 m near Aqaba (MERGNER & SCHUHMACHER, 1981). They gave one of us
(Sch .) some (9 3 specimens) of the collected corals for identification. Of these corals the Hessisches
Landesmuseum (HLM ) Darmstadt could keep 13 specimens (6 species of 4 genera). They were classified
under " HLM EC 1352- 1364" together with a further coral " HLM EC 1391 ", and considered in
the present report.
b) From 1973 to 1976 Dr. H. SCHUHMACHER did experimental work on the adaptability of Fungia to
sedimentation, both in the laboratory and at reefs near Eilat (SCHUHMACHER , 1979). He worked
with 4 species of the genus Cycloseris and 8 species of the genus Fungia from the Gulf of Aqaba. Of
these, 4 species are included in the present report under the numbers " Schuhmacher 2/ 1, 2/2, 2/4,
2/ 10", moreover one from Aqaba and one from Sanganeb Reef under " Schuhmacher 83 and 123 "
resp.
5. U.s. National Museum of Natural History, Washington D. C.
(Under "Material" in the systematic part: USNM Wa)
A comprehensive collection of Red Sea corals in the USNM Washington contains corals from reefs
near Ghardaqa collected in the thirties, and corals collected by H. A. FEHLMANN near Ghardaqa in
1965 . Moreover, there are corals from Dongonab from the years 1904,1907 and 1914, undoubtedly
collected by C. CROSSLAND. As the corals were not identified they were handed over to one of us (Sch.)
to work on them, and III specimens were sent to Darmstadt.
Northern Red Su:
Various reefs near Gh ard2qa
~ntra1 Red Sea:
D ongonab
W. 1- 54 . 56- 61,63- 72, 74- 80, 82 - 87. 90, 92- 109.
55 , 62, 73 , 81 , 88. 89, 91 .
6. Museum fiir Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitiit Berlin , Zoologisches Museum
(Under "Material" in the systematical part: Berl in 2MB)
In 1976 Dr. D. KUEHLMAN collected a large amount of corals during his ecological studies at the
Wingate Reef near Port Sudan. He dived to a depth of 70 m. 21 of these corals were sent [0 the HLM in
Darmstadt [0 be studied by us , together with two further specimens of EHRENBERG , 2MB 600 and 1058.
The Wingate Reef corals come from different depths:
15 - 22 m
20- 30 m
22 - 35 m
25- 35 m
30m
30- 40 m
2MB 7028. 7029
7011 , 7012
7006. 7017,7027
7021 , 7023 C= EC 1383)
7009
7007, 7013,7014. 7016, 7020. 7022.7026 (- EC 1382)
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