GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF CLAVULINA PSEUDOPARISENSIS ANAN AROUND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

The recent agglutinated small benthic foraminiferal species Clavulina pseudoparisensis Anan are common in the five coastal areas around the Arabian Peninsula: the Egyptian Red Sea coast between Qusseir-Marsa Alam, the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast in Jeddah, the north Socotra Island of Yemen, the Abu Dhabi coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the east coast of Qatar of the Arabian Gulf. The taxonomy is presented and discussed. The warmer environment of the Red Sea, and also the other studied areas, favor precipitation of organic binding material for the sand grains of the arenaceous tests, which favor the forms thriving in shallow and warm environment. The recorded C. pseudoparisensis in wide geographic distribution in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Arabian Gulf around the Arabian Peninsula indicates an open marine environment between these localities.