Literature

• Bayer, F.M. 1961. The Shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 12: 1-373.
• Cairns, S. 1977. Guide to the commoner shallow-water Gorgonians (Sea Whips, Sea Feathers and Sea Fans) of Florida, the gulf of Mexico and the caribbean region. 80. Sea Grant Field Guide Series number 6.
• Hoek, C. van den, Breeman, A.M. 1978. The distribution of Algae, Corals and Gorgonians in relation to depth, light attenuation, water movement and grazing pressure in the fringing coral reef of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Aquatic Botany 5: 1-46.
• Korzhavina, O.A., Hoeksema, B.W., Ivanenko, V.N. 2019. A review of Caribbean Copepoda associated with reef-dwelling cnidarians, echinoderms and sponges. Contributions to Zoology. [link]
• SPAW Protocol 2019. List of species of marine and coastal flora strictly protected under the SPAW Protocol in Annex I, II and III. The Caribbean Environment Programme. [link]
• WoRMS. WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species. www.marinespecies.org. [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• Humann, P. 1992. Reef Creature Identification. New World Publications. (Cnidaria)
• Humann, P. 1993. Reef Coral Identification. 239 pp. New World Publications. (Octocorallia)