Tortonian Scleractinian Corals from the island of Gavdos (South Greece)

Abstract

This paper studies scleractinians collected from the localities Panagia, Korfe, Karave, Aghios Ioannis, Bo and Bardaris on the island Gavdos within Tortonian sediments. Eleven scleractinians species were determined. The examined scleractinians species belong to shallow water corals and provide specific information on the ecological conditions such as the depth, the temperature, the salinity, the climate, etc.