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Somalia

Applicable Field Guides
Eastern Africa; Red Sea to southern Oman
Also Known As
الصومال
Included Within
Africa, Indian coast of Africa
Approximate Coordinates
2.048736°N, 45.320912°E
A purple fiddler crab (local) or a blue fiddler crab surrounded by a dashed circle (regional) indicates the coordinates used to represent this location; yellow fiddler crabs indicate all sublocations contained within this location; a skull and crossbones indicates fossil-only locations or sub-locations; and red circles with an x indicate false or mistaken locations.

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Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

References

Al-Aidaroos (2013)†, Barnard (1950)†, Colosi (1924), Crane (1975)†, de Gibert et al. (2013)†, Eshky et al. (1995)†, Hogarth (1986)†, IUCN Bangladesh (2015)†, Maccagno (1928), Naderloo et al. (2016)†, Naderloo et al. (2010)†, Rosenberg (2020), Serène (1973)†, Shih et al. (2018)†, Shih et al. (2022), Vannini (1980), Vannini & Valmori (1981), Vatova (1943)

Entries marked with † represent indirect references to location through citation.