The corals of Oman are part of a tropical marine community that extends from the east coast of Africa to the west coast of the Americas. Oman's marine environment is especially interesting, having characteristics of both tropical and temperate regions due to annual upwelling of deep water from the Arabian Sea. This richly illustrated book summarizes the environmental characteristics of the four coastal areas of Oman where corals occur and describes most of the common species that occur there, with color photographs provided for each species.