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Nonhern Red Su;
Ras Umm Sidd
Shann csh Sheikh
Little Marsa, 4 miles south
of Shann esh Sheikh
11.11.1981
II. 12. 1981
18. II. 1981
23 . II. 1981
25 . II. 1981
7. 12. 1981
10. 12.1981
16. II. 1981
Fri 78 (138 m)
115(l15m)
86 ( 90 m)
92 ( 97, 105 and 126 m)
94 ( 55 m)
109( 95m)
114 ( 95 m)
82 ( 91 m)
B. Corals from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
(Under "Material " in the sy5~ maticaJ pan: HLM. EC. unless othcrwisr stated)
11. Old Collection of HLM
The Museum possesses an old coral collection to which so me specimens were added from the former
Dr. WEBER-SU LZE R collection from Winterthur (Switzerland). A total of 56 corals are from the Red Sea.
They include 33 duplicates from KLU ZINGER from Koseir, which the Museum purchased from him
through the dealer in natural history specimens Gustav SCHNEIDER from Basel in 1889.
The localities are:
Northern Red Su:
K~ir
Southern Red Su;
Massawa
HLM EC 50- 78.144-164
HLM EC 166
Red ca:
locality not mentioned HL\1 EC 167-171
12 . 2nd Xarifa Expedition 1957/58
(Under "Mattrial" in the systematical part : HLM X2 :)
During the second expedition by Dr. Hans HASS on the research vessel "Xarifa", Dr. G. SCHEER
coll ected corals (a total of 179 specimens) at the following places:
Gulf of Suez:
Ras Shukhcir on a very broad. flat platform, which
gradually descended towards the sea
Northern Red Sea:
CuballsJand at Bluff point ; 9 m
at a wre ck; 15 m
Ghardaqa , at the piu
vntral Red Sea :
Red south of Mayct ib Island ncar Makaua Island
Sha.ab AnbaT. in ner reds of the northern atoll-l ike reef
Southern Red Sea;
Sarso Island . fringing ~ef in NE t 3- 5 m
Sarad Sarso Island, fri nging ruf in NW; 2- 5 m
C;;mall i~~1 11 the sourh of S:ar.ad S.arso
X2. 1- 1- 8
X2 . 2 - 1-35
3 - 1- 49
5 - 1.2
X2 . 7 - 1- 3
8 - 1- 6
X2. 9 - 1- )0
10 - 1- 17
13 - 1- 1 1.
The reefs are described and some profiles are given in SCHEER (1971).
13 . HLM Expedition to the Wingate Reef 1962
(Unckr "Material" in the systematical part: HL...\\ RM)
A diagrammatic cross-section through the Wingate Reef off Port Sudan is figured in SCHEER (1971).
Corals were collected by Dr. G. SCHEER and the members of the expedition on the reef flat (2 to 4 m
deep), on the steep drop of the reef, and on a terrace in a depth of 10 to 15 m, altogether 140 specimens.
The main purpose of the expedition was to bring home corals to build and display a coral reef in the
Museum .