Dutch Caribbean Species Register

Overview of the biodiversity of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten

News

The emergence of a new reef coral on Curaçao

25 November 2019 - Hoeksema, B.

The emergence of a new reef coral on Curaçao

25 November 2019 - Hoeksema, B.

A new reef coral species has been discovered during research by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden in...

A new robber fly described from Sint Eustatius

19 April 2019 - John Smit

A new robber fly described from Sint Eustatius

19 April 2019 - John Smit

Recently a paper was published with a new robber fly species from Sint Eustatius: Efferia...

Four blood sucking insects new for the Dutch Caribbean Islands

11 February 2019 - Hannco Bakker

Four blood sucking insects new for the Dutch Caribbean Islands

11 February 2019 - Hannco Bakker

Recently published research identified four blood sucking insects on bats new for the Dutch...

More news

State of affairs

8.275 Species occurring in Dutch Caribbean, of which

4.566	marine
3.828	terrestrial/freshwater/brackish water
504	introduced species

Species per island

2.113 Aruba

2.430 (Klein) Bonaire

4.151 (Klein) Curaçao

1.967 Saba

830 Saba Bank

2.618 St. Eustatius

2.291 St. Maarten
1.113 (Sub)species with photos
4.138 Photos
765 Dutch names
5.369 English names
2.459 Papiamento names
55 Identification specialists
44 Photographers
1.251 Literature references

Recently added picture

Philomachus pugnax

Philomachus pugnax

Author Michiel Oversteegen
Picture date 12 November 2019
Validator Sander Pieterse
Location Salina Malmok, Aruba

More recent pictures Picture search