Indo-West Pacific Biogeographic Region

Japanese: インド・西太平洋生物地理区 - いんどにしたいへいようせいぶつちりく
Indo-West Pacific Biogeographic Region

… Most of the coast of the Indian Ocean is tropical, with coral reefs scattered throughout, but only the southernmost parts of South Africa and southwestern Australia are subtropical or warm-warm. The biota of the tropical coastal zones is usually grouped together as the Indo-West Pacific biogeographical region, since it has many common species with the Western Pacific but few common species with the Atlantic. However, there are quite a few endemic species and subspecies in the Indian Ocean, and the western Indian Ocean west of the Indian peninsula has more endemic species than the eastern Indian Ocean, and some species are exclusive to the Red Sea. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Indo-West Pacific Biogeographic Region" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… インド洋の沿岸は大部分が熱帯域で,サンゴ礁も散在しているが,最南部に当たる南アフリカとオーストラリア南西部のみが亜熱帯・暖帯域となる。熱帯性沿岸域の生物相は,西太平洋との間にはかなり多数の共通種がありながら大西洋とは共通性が希薄なので,海洋生物地理学上は通常〈インド・西太平洋生物地理区〉として一括されている。しかしインド洋の固有種・亜種も少なからず存在し,特にインド半島以西の西部インド洋では東部より固有種が多く,また紅海のみに限られるものもある。…

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