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Big-leaf coral Oxysmilia rotundifolia

Classification

Oxysmilia [genus] (1)
rotundifolia [species]

Classification

Oxysmilia [genus] (1)
rotundifolia [species]

Presence

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

Publications

  • Cairns SD 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean sea and adjacent waters. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 57: 1-341.
  • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.