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There is a significant lack of current information on Scleractinian species diversity in the waters of Peninsular Malaysia, as the last species checklist was published over a decade ago. This study provides an extensive checklist of Scleractinian species found on twelve islands of Sultan Iskandar Marine Park (SIMP), Malaysia. From the survey, a totalof67species,34genera,and14families ofScleractinian species have been sampled and recorded from off the coast of Mersing, Peninsular Malaysia. Altogether, this collection produced twelve distributional records, of which over 200 Scleractinian fragments were obtained by digitizing original data reports and 102 are based on physical repository vouchers curated by the Marine Ecosystem Research Centre (EKOMAR) in Mersing, Johor. Detailed information on species, habitat, localities, images of the specimens, distribution records and bibliographical references are provided for each species. The Family Acroporidae were recorded as the most dominant in SIMP followed by Merulinidae and Fungiidae. Acropora, Isopora and Montipora are the three highest genera found in SIMP.
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