MARINE PROVINCES OF THE INDO-WEST PACIFIC 361 



The scheme is as follows: — 



A. INDIAN PROVINCE. 



1. Erythraean Region. Red Sea. 



2. Persian Region. Persian Gulf to Karachi. 



3. African Region. Somaliland to Mozambique and Southern 

 Madagascar. 



4. Lemurian Region. Northern Madagascar, Reunion, Mauri- 

 tius, Seychelles and Maldive Islands. 



5. Indian Region. India and Ceylon. 



B. CENTRAL INDO-PACIFIC PROVINCE. 



6. Sumatran Region. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, 

 Christmas Island, Sunda Strait and south coast of Java. 



7. Moluccan Region. Bali Strait to Timor, Aru Islands, West- 

 ern New Guinea and Moluccas. 



8. Java Sea Region. Southern Celebes, S.E. Borneo, North Java, 

 Malaya and Gulf of Siam. 



9. Sulu Sea Region. Annam, Northern Borneo, Northern Ce- 

 lebes and Philippines. 



10. Japanese Region. S.E. China, Formosa and Southern Japan. 



11. Dampierian Region.. N.W. Australia and Western Australia 

 north of Sharks Bay. 



C. PACIFIC PROVINCE. 



12. Queensland Region. New South Wales to Port Curtis Queens- 

 land, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. 



13. Melanesian Region. Northern and Eastern New Guinea, Bis- 

 mark Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Torres Straits Islands, 

 NeAV Hebrides, Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia. 



14. Samoan Region. Kermadec Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Niue and 

 Samoa. 



15. Oceanic Region. Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Tokelau and 

 Marshall Islands. 



16. Micronesian Region. Caroline Islands, Palau Islands, Guam, 

 Marianas and Bonin Islands. 



17. Polynesian Region. Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotus, 

 Marquesas Islands and Easter Island. 



18. Hawaiian Region. Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island. 



Practically every worker will disagree in detail with the Schilders' 

 scheme which in places suggests convenience rather than the expression 

 of natural biogeographic areas. Nevertheless the scheme provides a 

 useful framework upon which either to build or to dismantle. 



