Porites furcata

Classification

Poritidae [family]

Porites [genus] (5)

Poritidae [family]

Porites [genus] (5)

Recorded on	Curaçao
	Saba Bank
	Sint Eustatius

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten and Saba.

Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2014. Saba Bank research expedition 2013 - Progress report. 45 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
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Hoeksema, B.W., Moorsel, G.W.N.M. van 2016. Stony corals of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 32-37. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.