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western side, but some species work southward along the eastern 

 side. 



The Antarctic fauna is very similar in many of its groups to 

 the Arctic one, but has many characteristic species. It covers 

 the general Antarctic regions and works northward especially 

 on the eastern side of the Pacific and also along the coast of 

 Africa to some extent. 



Distribution of Warm Water Faunas. 



1. East African. 2. Indo-Pacific. 3. Mediterranean. 

 4. West Indian. 



The warm water faunas are more easily subdivided and may 

 have many more subdivisions than shown on the accompanying 

 map. What may be termed the Mediterranean fauna works out 

 into the eastern Atlantic and also into the Red Sea and Indian 

 Ocean. The West Indian fauna extends from the coast of Florida 

 to southern Brazil northward to Bermuda in lesser degree and in 

 a still less characteristic form across the ridges of the Atlantic 



