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Eight-ray Fingercoral Madracis formosa

Classification

Madracis [genus] (9)
formosa [species]

Classification

Madracis [genus] (9)
formosa [species]

Literature

  • CITES 2015. Checklist of CITES Species. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. [link]
  • 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.
  • Hoeksema, B.W., Hove, H.A. ten 2017. The invasive sun coral Tubastraea coccinea hosting a native Christmas tree worm at Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity 47: 59-65.
  • 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.
  • Humann, P. 1993. Reef Coral Identification. 239 pp. New World Publications.
  • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
  • SPAW Protocol 1990. Protocol concerning specially protected areas and wildlife to the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean Environment Programme. [link]
  • Vermeij, M.J.A. 2002. Evolutionary Ecology of the coral genus Madracis - an illustration of the nature of species in scleractinian corals. 263. FNWI: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED).
  • WoRMS. WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species. www.marinespecies.org. [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa