The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
Biogeographic regionalizations that were tested using model selection with analysis of molecular variance(AMOVA) by Crandall et al. 2019. Colours represent different regions within a scheme.
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.
Coral reef
Ancient coral reefs
Fringing reef at Eilat at the southern tip of Israel
A small atoll in the Maldives