Previous biogeographic studies revealed exclusive divergence of animal species composition in Gulf region, particularly in Qatar, as its marine ecosystems are driven mainly by high temperature and salinity with a semi-closed basin, depending thus on water input from the Indian Ocean, supplied on the Gulf's southeast coast, and creating a marine barrier for different species as, for example, Decapods (Al-Khayat & Giraldes, 2020). Due to these peculiar conditions, the fauna and flora have adapted to survive under extreme conditions (Al-Khayat, 2010), contributing to the evolution of the marine species in this area and consequently enriching the environment with endemic species (Fotedar et al., 2019;Giraldes et al., 2020;Kardousha et al., 2016). The identification of some of these species has so far been based on conventional taxonomic parameters, although this type of analysis can be notoriously difficult (Bork, 2015).
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