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Ivory tree coral Oculina valenciennesi

Classification

Oculinidae [family]
Oculina [genus] (3)
valenciennesi [species]

Classification

Oculinidae [family]
Oculina [genus] (3)
valenciennesi [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Publications

  • 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.
  • Roos, P.J. 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 37: 1-108.