Corals are located in three primary locations
Notes:
Coral reefs are located in three primary regions of the world oceans:
the Indo-Pacific, the Western North Atlantic, and the Red Sea. These three regions lie between 20_N and 20_ S of the equator. The Indo-
Pacific region stretches from Southeast Asia through Polynesia and
Australia, eastward across the Indian Ocean to Africa. This is the largest
and richest assemblage of reefs in terms of coral and fish species present.
The Western North Atlantic region stretches from Florida to Brazil, and
Includes Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Belize and the Gulf of
Mexico. The Red Sea is the smallest of the three regions, located between
Africa and Saudi Arabia. It is considered a separate region because of
the high number of coral reefs found only in this area.